Spoon Jackson is a radio producer at Uncuffed; stories from Solano State Prison, featured on KALW 91.7 FM out of San Francisco. He writes a column for Global Oxygen, a Swedish newspaper, and has also written numerous articles for The Good Men Project. His most recent book was translated into German and published in Germany. Jackson has won four PEN America Prison Writing Awards, and have been featured in four documentary films. Visit Spoon online at spoonjackson.org. Write to Spoon: Spoon Jackson #B-92377, CSP Salano, PO Box 4000, C13-19-1low, Vacaville, CA, 95696-4000.
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Friday August 9
The Book of Judith: Honoring Judith Tannenbaum (1947-2019)
PEN America’s Works of Justice series features four selections from “The Book of Judith: Opening Hearts Through Poetry,” an anthology in remembrance of teaching artist Judith Tannenbaum (1947-2019), who dedicated her life to students in and out of prison
Tuesday June 24
Nowhere but Barstow and Prison
My mom and dad tried fifteen times to have a girl baby, but ended up with fifteen boys. We lived in a back house, just off Crooks Street, close to the dry river. A colorless, gray, two small-roomed, square, cement shack. One tiny bathroom and closet, and another closet-sized impression of a kitchen. We bathed
Thursday June 23
No Moon
No Moon I was afraid this would happen the way the night looks with no moon The way the wind whistles off the back porch You want to love me How can I tell you I have a life but I don’t have a life What can I tell you Shall I tell you about