Books through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement by Dave "Mac" Marquis

Description: Books through Bars by Dave "Mac" Marquis, Moira Marquis, Victoria Law, Michelle Dillon, Melissa Charenko, Beth Orlansky, Robert McDuff, Rebecca Ginsburg, James King, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Presents essays that explain the need for prison book programs and offers advice on how to establish or become involved with prison books programs, as well as shedding light on current challenges. Publisher Description People organizing prison books programs have quietly gathered in basements, storage spaces, and the back rooms of secondhand bookstores for the last seventy years, reading letters written by incarcerated people and sending books in return. This diffuse and nonhierarchical movement operateson shoestring budgets with donated libraries in thirty states, and yet, there is little awareness of this long-standing social movement. This book contains essays that explain the need for prison book programs and offer advice on how to establish or become involved with prison books programs, as well as shedding light on current challenges. While mass incarceration can make people feel powerless, this book details how ordinary people can organize and intervene in the largest imprisonment the world has ever known. The editors of this book hope it will inspire more people to realize that everyone has the power to treat each other differently and to foster a culture of care over cruelty. Author Biography Moira Marquis manages the Freewrite Project based in PEN Americas Prison and Justice Writing program. She has worked with Asheville Prison Books, the Prison Books Collective in Carrboro, North Carolina, and cofounded Saxapahaw Prison Books. Shehas taught history and literature in secondary and higher education. Her academic writing has appeared in Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities, Science Fiction Studies, and Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism. She is the author of the PEN America report on carceral censorship, ""Reading Between the Bars,"" and her popular writing can be found in LitHub,TruthOut and PEN Americas Works of Justice series. Dave "Mac" Marquis is a lifelong activist. He has worked with the Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal, Earth First!, the Asheville Global Report, and innumerable other organizations, small and large. He has volunteered at several prison books programs and helped establish Asheville Prison Books as well as Saxapahaw Prison Books. Mac is the book review editor for H-Labor, the executive assistant for the Labor and Working-Class History Association, and a former board member of the Southern Labor Studies Association. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of South Carolina and has a graphic history of the Brotherhood of Timber Workers in production with the Historic New Orleans Collection. Details ISBN 0820365874 ISBN-13 9780820365879 Title Books through Bars Author Dave "Mac" Marquis, Moira Marquis, Victoria Law, Michelle Dillon, Melissa Charenko, Beth Orlansky, Robert McDuff, Rebecca Ginsburg, James King, Lorenzo Komboa Ervin Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 277 Publisher University of Georgia Press GE_Item_ID:159037138; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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