Thank the bloom : PEN America 2023 Prison Writing Awards anthology.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haack, Ruby, writer of introduction.

PEN America, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners' writings, American.

Prisoners as authors.

Prisoners--Literary collections.

Prisoners.

Prisons--Literary collections.

Prisons.

American literature--21st century.

American literature.

Prisoners' writings.

Genre:

Literature.

Physical Description:

x, 373 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

PEN America 2023 Prison Writing Awards anthology

2023 prison writing awards anthology

Place of Publication:

[New York] : PEN America, [2023]

Summary:

"Thank the Bloom: 2023 PEN Prison Writing Awards Anthology is a testament to the power of this kind of community collaboration. Inspired by past lovers, current partnerships, old family dynamics, and steadfast friendships that both transcend prison walls and persevere within them, this anthology illuminates the ways in which art cannot survive without community care at its core. Using poetry, memoir, essay, fiction, and drama as their mediums, the writers featured in this anthology fight to create means of connection. And yet these themes defy genre, turning this anthology into something else entirely: a deeper exploration of self, of power, of institutionalized racism, of systemic isolation, and of the beauty that can be found in a garden bed."-- $c Provided by publisher.

OCLC:

1425134556