Words No Bars Can Hold provides a rare glimpse into literacy
learning under the most dehumanising conditions. Deborah Appleman
chronicles her work teaching college-level classes at a
high-security prison for men, most of whom are serving life
sentences. Through narrative, poetry, memoir and fiction, the
students in Appleman's classes attempt to write themselves back
into a society that has erased their lived histories. The students'
work, through which they probe and develop their identities as
readers and writers, illuminates the transformative power of
literacy. Appleman argues for the importance of educating the
incarcerated and explores ways to interrupt the increasingly common
journey from urban schools to our nation's prisons. From the
sobering endpoint of what scholars have called the "school to
prison pipeline", she draws insight from the narratives and
experiences of those who have travelled it.
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