Witness in the Era of Mass Incarceration: Discovering the Ethical Prison

197 Pages·2017·1.045 MB·English

by  Doran Larson

Witness in the Era of
Mass Incarceration
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Witness in the Era of
Mass Incarceration
Discovering the Ethical Prison
Doran Larson
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1 TowardaPrisonPoetics 1
2 Poetry,Pain,andReconstructiveResistance 27
3 ThreeStudiesinTestamentaryReconstruction 65
4 B(e)aringBareLife:EthnicAmericanPrisonWriting 111
Conclusion 139
Bibliography 147
Index 157
AbouttheAuthor 163
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