"This is one of the best books on writing that I've ever read. I
couldn't put it down." -Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim
Crow The Sentences That Create Us provides a road map for
incarcerated people and their allies to have a thriving writing
life behind bars-and shared beyond the walls-that draws on the
unique insights of more than fifty contributors, most themselves
justice-involved, to offer advice, inspiration and resources. The
Sentences That Create Us draws from the unique insights of over
fifty justice-involved contributors and their allies to offer
inspiration and resources for creating a literary life in prison.
Centering in the philosophy that writers in prison can be as
vibrant and capable as writers on the outside, and have much to
offer readers everywhere, The Sentences That Create Us aims to
propel writers in prison to launch their work into the world beyond
the walls, while also embracing and supporting the creative
community within the walls. The Sentences That Create Us is a
comprehensive resource writers can grow with, beginning with the
foundations of creative writing. A roster of impressive
contributors including Reginald Dwayne Betts (Felon: Poems),
Mitchell S. Jackson (Survival Math), Wilbert Rideau (In the Place
of Justice) and Piper Kerman (Orange is the New Black), among many
others, address working within and around the severe institutional,
emotional, psychological and physical limitations of writing prison
through compelling first-person narratives. The book's authors
offer pragmatic advice on editing techniques, pathways to
publication, writing routines, launching incarcerated-run prison
publications and writing groups, lesson plans from prison educators
and next-step resources. Threaded throughout the book is the
running theme of addressing lived trauma in writing, and writing's
capacity to support an authentic healing journey centered in
accountability and restoration. While written towards people in the
justice system, this book can serve anyone seeking hard won lessons
and inspiration for their own creative-and human-journey. The
Sentences That Create Us includes contributions from Alexa
Alemanni; Raquel Almazan; Ellen Bass; Reginald Dwayne Betts; Keri
Blakinger; Jennifer Bowen; Zeke Caligiuri; Sterling Cunio; Chris
Daley; Curtis Dawkins; Emile DeWeaver; Casey Donahue; Ryan Gattis;
Eli Hager; Ashley Hamilton, PhD; Kenneth Hartman; Elizabeth Hawes;
Randall Horton; Spoon Jackson; Mitchell S. Jackson; Nicole Shawan
Junior; Yukari Iwatani Kane, Shaheen Pasha, and Kate McQueen of The
Prison Journalism Project; Piper Kerman; Lauren Kessler; Johnny
Kovatch; Doran Larson; Victoria Law; Jaeah Lee; John J. Lennon;
Arthur Longworth; T Kira Mahealani Madden; J. D. Mathes; Justin
Rovillos Monson; Lateef Mtima, JD; Vivian D. Nixon; Patrick O'Neil;
Liza Jessie Peterson; Wilbert Rideau; Alejo Rodriguez; Luis J.
Rodriguez; Susan Rosenberg; Geraldine Sealey; Sarah Shourd; Sarah
Shourd; Anderson Smith, PhD; Derek R. Trumbo Sr.; Louise K.
WaaKaa'igan; Andy Warner; Thomas Bartlett Whitaker; John R.
Whitman, PhD; Saint James Harris Wood; Earlonne Woods and Nigel
Poor of Ear Hustle; and Jeffery L. Young.
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