A two-person memoir that explores education, prison, possibility,
and which children our world nurtures and which it shuns. At the
books core are two stories that speak up for human imagination,
spirit, and the power of art. "A boy with no one to listen becomes
a man in prison for life and discovers his mind can be free. A
woman enters prison to teach and becomes his first listener. And so
begins a twenty-five year friendship between two gifted writers and
poets. The result is By Heart a book that will anger you, give you
hope, and break your heart." - Gloria Steinem Judith Tannenbaum and
Spoon Jackson met at San Quentin State Prison in 1985. For over two
decades they have conferred, corresponded and sometimes
collaborated, producing very different bodies of work resting on
the same understanding: that human beings have one foot in
darkness, the other in light. In this beautifully crafted
exploration, part memoir, part essay, Tannenbaum and Jackson
consider art, education, prison, possibility, and which children
our world nurtures and which it shuns. At the book's core are two
stories that speak for human imagination, spirit, and expression.
Judith Tannenbaum is a nationally respected educator, speaker, and
author. Among her books are the memoir, Disguised as a Poem: My
Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin; two books for teachers:
Teeth, Wiggly as Earthquakes: Writing Poetry in the Primary Grades
and (with Valerie Chow Bush) Jump Write In! Creative Writing
Exercises for Diverse Communities, Grades 6-12; and six poetry
collections. She currently serves as training coordinator with
WritersCorps in San Francisco. Born into a family of fifteen boys
in Barstow, California, Spoon Jackson was sentenced to Life Without
Possibility of Parole when he was twenty years old. Spoon
discovered himself as a writer at San Quentin; played Pozzo in the
prison's 1988 production of Waiting for Godot; and has written,
published, and received awards for plays, poetry, novels, fairy
tales, short stories, essays, and memoir during the more than
thirty years he has been behind bars. His poems are collected in
Longer Ago.
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