That's a pretty thing to call it : prose and poetry by artists teaching in carceral institutions / edited by Leigh Sugar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sugar, Leigh, 1990- editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Poetry.

Prisons.

Arts in prisons.

Prison reformers--Literary collections.

Prison reformers.

Prisons--Literary collections.

Prison educators--Literary collections.

Prison educators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 289 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

New York : New Village Press, 2023

Contents:

Foreword / Justin Rovillos Monson ; Introduction ; Editor's note on language ; Editor's note on the nature and history of "Arts in Prison" programs

Prose. On diction and disprivilege : how an obscure verb changed the way I edit prisoners' writing / Phil Christman ; Antonio Sanchez-Day / Brian Daldorph ; Two stories / Pat Graney ; Janus Head / Brittany Hailer ; Catch & release / Michael G. Hickey ; ALPHABET / Helen Elaine Lee ; Tiger Lily wants to know about freedom / Caits Meissner ; Four vignettes from a prison volunteer / Kathy Park ; Jeff's house / Janie Paul ; Showing up / Anna Plemons ; Letter pictures / Rowan Renee ; From In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent / Judith Tannenbaum

Hybrid/mixed genre. From La Paloma prisoner / Raquel Almazon ; About La Palma Prisoner Project / Raquel Almazon ; To keep a green branch from snapping / Tara Betts ; Scenes from ten years at Thiva / Eva Chiladaki ; On why "prison writer" is a limiting label : what incarcerated writers want the literary community to understand / Caits Meissner ; You can't have it all / Caits Meissner ; From Exit, civilian / Idra Novey ; Recent findings / Idra Novey ; All ceremonies start with inspection / Idra Novey ; Eighteen hours of daylight / Idra Novey ; Riding by on a Sunday / Idra Novey ; Parole / Idra Novey ; The lava game / Idra Novey ; The metaphysics of furniture / Idra Novey ; Riot / Idra Novey ; The ex-c̀rcel of Valpara̕so / Idra Novey ; The last beep and door / Idra Novey

Poetry. Charlie Mack's glove / Buzz Alexander ; The shape of the tear / Buzz Alexander ; Here to be seen : a choreopoem / Raquel Almazon ; Passages (Vermont) / Sarah W. Bartlett ; Bringing flowers to Salinas Valley State Prison / Ellen Bass ; On blueness / Joshua Bennett ; Teacher's aide / Joshua Bennett ; Field trip (Connecticut) / Sharon Charde ; Prison letter / Benjamin Cloud ; At the Maximum Security Prison for Men / Chella Courington ; The coin toss / Brian Daldorph ; Already there / Ian Demsky ; Critical incident report / Ian Demsky ; philadelphia (for d.j. renegade, ta-nehisi coates, darrell stover from landover, and the prison writers, lorton reformatory) / Brian Gilmore ; Letter from Lansing Correctional Facility / Kate Glavin ; Ode to Cook County Jail / Renny Golden ; Growing apples / Nancy Miller Gomez ; Invoking the muse in Cell Block B / Nancy Miller Gomez ; Absorption / Dianna MacKinnon Henning ; Prison portrait / Dianna MacKinnon Henning ; To nuance or not to nuance / Dianna MacKinnon Henning ; In Champaign, Illinois / You Li ; New map at Garden State / You Li ; He sends me a letter telling me / Katharyn Howd Machan ; Little Bear is dead / Katharyn Howd Machan ; On learning that my daughter's rapist has been taught to write a poem / Katharyn Howd Machan ; Joe Hill's prison / Jill McDonough ; Poetry class in a Massachusetts prison / Jill McDonough ; Prison education / Jill McDonough ; Women's prison every week / Jill McDonough ; The Avenal State Prison & Larry Rivers died draft two blues / Michael McLaughlin ; Praise poem / Caits Meissner ; A cold and trembling thing / E. Ethelbert Miller ; If my blackness turns to fruit / E. Ethelbert Miller ; Malik / E. Ethelbert Miller ; Observed / Ruth Mata ; Workshop / Mary Naoum ; How to use pencils on Rikers Island / Najee Omar ; Condition red / Gregory Opstad ; End of trimester / Gregory Opstad ; For a sculptor who left South Africa : my friend, Isaac Witkin / Janie Paul ; A personal history of breathing / Joy Priest ; Nightstick / Joy Priest ; Saturdays at Reynolds Work Release / Paisley Rekdal ; Reprieve : a testimony / Karla Robinson ; Swathe / Karla Robinson ; My life story (13 years) / Antonio Sanchez-Day ; One of the girls / Amani Sawari ; Pink painted nails / Amani Sawari ; Prison snow / Matthew John Schmitt ; Hat poem / Patricia Roth Schwartz ; Max Jail, Monday nights / Patricia Roth Schwartz ; Some nights like this / Patricia Roth Schwartz ; The children in their little bullet-proof vests / Christopher Soto ; Hummingbird in underworld / Deborah Tobola ; Milk and cookies / Deborah Tobola ; From my classroom window at the prison, before students arrive / Michael Torres ; Teaching at the prison in December / Michael Torres ; Homie / Vachine ; Marine biology 101 / Vachine ; Any container that is roughly cylindrical in shape / Erin Wiley ; exploited village / Erin Wiley ; touchless automatic / Erin Wiley ; Reaching, with the I / Erin Wiley

Afterword / Ashley Lucas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269).

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781613322147 (electronic bk.)

1613322143 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99995635599

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.