How a Collective of Incarcerated Writers Published an Anthology From Prison
A literary community that thrived in a dehumanizing system
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“Chain-Gang All-Stars” Makes Prison Abolition Irresistible
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah talks about violence, the profitability of suffering, and the promise of abolition
May 19 2023 - nia t. evans
In “I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself,” a Cruel Form of Public Shaming Has Replaced Prisons
Marisa Crane examines the weight of parenthood and queer resistance in their debut novel
Feb 7 2023 - Rebecca Ackermann
How Do You Escape If Your Body Is the Prison?
Emma Bolden’s illness memoir treats the disease of stigmatization with a heady dose of honesty
Oct 27 2022 - Wynter K Miller
Choose Your Own Prison: An Interactive Princess Adventure
Barbara Bourland’s quiz will tell you exactly who you’re allowed to be
Aug 19 2022 - Barbara Bourland
A Handbook for Creating a Literary Life in Prison
Caits Meissner, editor of "The Sentences That Create Us," on how the literary community can support prison abolition
Feb 24 2022 - Deirdre Sugiuchi
Modern-Day Iran, Through the Eyes of a Prisoner
Amir Ahmadi Arian on the banality of evil in his novel "Then The Fish Swallowed Him"
Mar 27 2020 - Nozlee Samadzadeh
How to Help Prisoners Get Books
NYC Books Through Bars explains how you can support prison books projects—or start your own
Feb 7 2020 - Arvind Dilawar
The Memoir of a Political Prisoner Who Never Stopped Imagining a Better World
Ahmet Altan talks about his unjust life sentence and the book he wrote while imprisoned
Nov 11 2019 - YZ Chin
A Reading List for Understanding the Prison Industrial Complex
Holly Genovese recommends 9 books about mass incarceration in the United States
