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Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Amir Hussain Considers Prison Literature, Past and Present

By Amir Hussain | June 6, 2025

Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey">Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching <emParadise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey">

Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey">Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Orlando Reade on Privilege, Freedom and the Importance of Reading Disobediently

By Orlando Reade | December 10, 2024

Leveling the Legal Playing Field: Why Everyone Deserves Their Day in Court

Leveling the Legal Playing Field: Why Everyone Deserves Their Day in Court

Abbe Smith on the Importance of Criminal Defense Attorneys to America’s Judicial Ecosystem

By Abbe Smith | July 12, 2024

You can support these book-based organizations that work with incarcerated folks today.

You can support these book-based organizations that work with incarcerated folks today.

By Snigdha Koirala | September 29, 2021

Jonathan Rapping on How to End Mass Incarceration in America

Jonathan Rapping on How to End Mass Incarceration in America

Keen On Podcast">In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 30, 2021

Mass Incarceration Was Always Designed to Work This Way

Mass Incarceration Was Always Designed to Work This Way

Victoria Law on the Historical Inevitability of the Modern Day Prison System

By Victoria Law | April 8, 2021

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What Should Joe Biden Do About Policing?

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the Green Book">Remembering the Women of
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How Sharing Books with My Dad in Prison Made Life Bearable for Both of Us

By Tyler Wetherall | June 4, 2019

5 Important Books Bearing Witness to America's Carceral State

5 Important Books Bearing Witness to America's Carceral State

the National Book Foundation">Introducing Literature for Justice, a New Project from
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By Literary Hub | October 24, 2018

Writing About Mass Incarceration Across Genres, Part II

Writing About Mass Incarceration Across Genres, Part II

Fiction/Non/Fiction #19: DaMaris B. Hill and Tayari Jones

By Literary Hub | June 14, 2018

Across Genres">Writing About Mass Incarceration <brAcross Genres">

Across Genres">Writing About Mass Incarceration
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Fiction/Non/Fiction #18: Zachary Lazar and Reginald Dwayne Betts

By Literary Hub | May 31, 2018

When Fiction Pulls Back the Curtain on American Conservatism

When Fiction Pulls Back the Curtain on American Conservatism

Two Novels That Interrogate the Principle of the Few Over the Many

By Colette Shade | April 24, 2018

Legacy by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Legacy by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Part Five of the American Academy of Poets Weeklong Poetry & the Body Series

By Reginald Dwayne Betts | March 22, 2018

Seeking Redemption Behind Bars

Seeking Redemption Behind Bars

On the History of Faith-Based Rehabilitation Alternatives

By Tanya Erzen | March 24, 2017

The True, Tragic Tale of the Angola Three

The True, Tragic Tale of the Angola Three

Panthers in the Hole: Robert King, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace

By Bruno Cenou and David Cenou | June 8, 2016

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