by Ann Kjellberg, editor Incarcerated writers have made mighty efforts to record, keep, and share their work, efforts in whose consequence they labor to keep faith.
First off, thanks again for these posts. They’re pictures of a world I never imagined before. You’ve prompted me to scour the house for my daughter’s college copy of Foucault and our own copy of “The Gulag.”
Second, I’m trying to think how best to respond personally. Of course it’ll be no more than a gesture but which one seems better than the others?
Sending books to individual people is very easy! Lots of bookstores have programs where you can donate books through them or buy books off a wishlist https://prisonbookprogram.org/prisonbooknetwork/. In the one in my neighborhood, Freebird, you can also volunteer to pack in the basement; they have an easy website for wishlists, via Greenlight https://booksthroughbarsnyc.org/. I also think Dwayne Betts's program is really inspired https://freedomreads.org/
Magnifique! Especially the ending sequence of testimony.
Sometimes a person should just shut up...
First off, thanks again for these posts. They’re pictures of a world I never imagined before. You’ve prompted me to scour the house for my daughter’s college copy of Foucault and our own copy of “The Gulag.”
Second, I’m trying to think how best to respond personally. Of course it’ll be no more than a gesture but which one seems better than the others?
Sending books to individual people is very easy! Lots of bookstores have programs where you can donate books through them or buy books off a wishlist https://prisonbookprogram.org/prisonbooknetwork/. In the one in my neighborhood, Freebird, you can also volunteer to pack in the basement; they have an easy website for wishlists, via Greenlight https://booksthroughbarsnyc.org/. I also think Dwayne Betts's program is really inspired https://freedomreads.org/