This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep

Notes from the Appalachian Prison Book Project

Erstverkaufstag: 01.12.2024

Langbeschreibung
This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep presents a captivating collection of letters and artwork by people in prison that highlights the crucial work done by the Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP), a nonprofit that provides books to incarcerated people in West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Maryland. Through the words of people directly impacted by the criminal punishment system, the collection provides uncommon insight into reading practices and everyday life in prisons and jails while being an inspiration for prison book projects, prison reform, and abolition.
Connie Banta is a social activist serving on the APBP Board of Directors, book artist, poet, and retired therapist living in Morgantown, WV. Kristin DeVault-Juelfs is a social worker, therapist, and former APBP work-study student and APBP volunteer from West Virginia. Destinee Harper is a researcher and activist for education access in prison. Katy Ryan is a literature professor and founder of APBP. Ellen Skirvin is a teacher, fiction writer, and dedicated APBP volunteer.
ISBN-13:
9781959000358
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.12.2024
Seiten:
208
Autor:
Connie Banta
Gewicht:
454 g
Sprache:
Englisch

27,50 €*

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