Censorship spreads across U.S. college campuses.
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With more than 22K instances since 2021, the bans have become normalized.
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Local censorship tactics are being adopted on the state and federal levels
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Michael Willie was awarded Honorable Mention in Memoir in the 2019 Prison Writing Contest.
“The Murderers’ Ball is what we call the annual fall Lifer’s Club banquet. It’s mostly said in jest and among ourselves, Lifers that is. It’s dark humor shared by those of us who are in for life because we took a life.”