Shon Hopwood

I am a thirty-two year old son of two wonderful parents and a native of Nebraska. While incarcerated, I have worked towards a college degree, become a self-taught paralegal and had two petitions granted review by the Supreme Court of the United States. I only recently attempted to write fiction. My hobbies include writing letters, playing basketball, and reading Amy Hempel. Released in the Fall of 2008, I plan to attend law school, finish my novel and spend copious amounts of time with family and friends.


Articles by Shon Hopwood

Wednesday June 25

The News

In the summer before the final caged summer I received the news. Actually I did not receive I took it, the way a kid takes his first spanking—with disbelief and aching. The news was delivered with me at a bank of phones, separated from other gentlemen by hairs. Silences between father’s fatigued declarations I hear