The sentences that create us : crafting a writer's life in prison / edited by Caits Meissner ; foreword by Reginald Dwayne Betts ; PEN America.
Provides a roadmap for incarcerated people and their allies to have a thriving writing life behind bars--and through walls--drawing on the unique insights of over 50 justice-involved contributors and their allies to offer advice, inspiration, and resources.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Foreword / |r by Reginald Dwayne Betts -- |t Editor's note: How to read this book / |r by Caits Messner -- |t PEN prison writing: Then and now, in and out / |r by Susan Rosenberg -- |g Part I. |t Foundations of Creative Writing. |t On poetry / |r by Luis J. Rodriguez -- |t On fiction / |r by Ryan Gattis -- |t On nonfiction memoir / |r by Patrick O'Neil -- |t On dramatic theater / |r by Sarah Shourd -- |t On screenwriting / |r by Alexa Alemanni -- |t On graphic narrative / |r by Andy Warner -- |t On journalism / |r edited by Jaeah Lee, interviews and research by Kate Cammell -- |t A guide to grammar and punctuation / |r by Chris Daley -- |t After grammar : learning how to transition / |r by Emile DeWeaver -- |t Re-vision / |r by Mitchell S. Jackson -- |g Part II: |t Crafting a Writer's Life in Prison. |t Introduction / |r by Caits Meissner with Elizabeth Hawes -- |t The price of remaining human / |r by Thomas Bartlett Whitaker -- |t The most important thing (and a few other rules) / |r by Curtis Dawkins -- |t On publishing from prison / |r by Saint James Harris Wood -- |t Copyright protection in brief / |r by Lateef Mtima, JD, and John R. Whitman, PhD -- |t Burn the spot : on writing about people you know / |r by Piper Kerman -- |t The power of grieving in words / |r by Vivian D. Nixon -- |t And still I write : creative expression for self-advocacy / |r by Alejo Rodriguez -- |t Every story needs hope : why you should write about prison / |r by Derek R. Trumbo Sr. -- |t Start and end with the feeling of home : how I developed my poetry manuscript / |r by Louise K. Waakaa'igan -- |t On writing and staging a play in prison / |r by Sterling Cunio -- |t Gift culture : on collaborating through the walls / |r by Spoon Jackson -- |t As for the rest of us : how to win a fellowship with no support / |r by Arthur Longworth -- |t "Prison writer" : a meditation on histories and the sentences that create them / |r by Justin Rovillos Monson -- |g Part III: |t On Building Writing Community. |t Introduction / |r by Caits Meissner -- |t On building prison writing communities / |r by Zeke Caligiuri -- |t Remix the plan, return to the purpose : how to center participant storytelling in writing workshops / |r by Nicole Shawn Junior -- |t No pen or paper required : the art and practice of community storytelling / |r by Casey Donahue -- |g Part IV: |t Writing Exercises. |t Translating to the page / |r by Doran Larson -- |t On using small stories to illuminate big issues / |r by Lauren Kessler -- |t Writing the poem of the moment / |r by Ellen Bass -- |t Attention to memory / |r by Jennifer Bowen -- |t The inherent magic of objects / |r by T Kira Mahealani Madden -- |t Apple is for identity and other prompts / |r by Anderson Smith -- |t Personifying location / |r by Johnny Kovatch -- |t A letter to my ancestors / |r by Raquel Almazan -- |t Imagining worlds : from page to stage / |r by Ashley Hamilton -- |t Workshop solitaire : using questions to strengthen a story / |r by J. D. Mathes -- |t Epilogue: A writing life in community -- from inside out / |r by Randall Horton. |
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