ISBN-10:
1555534589
ISBN-13:
9781555534585
Pub. Date:
10/26/2000
Publisher:
Northeastern University Press
ISBN-10:
1555534589
ISBN-13:
9781555534585
Pub. Date:
10/26/2000
Publisher:
Northeastern University Press
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Overview

The over two million men and women incarcerated in penitentiaries and jails have become America’s forgotten population. This extraordinary anthology of autobiographical prison writings brings the reader inside their silent and hidden world.Culled from more than four hundred submissions nationwide, the thirty-six pieces here represent works by a broad spectrum of prisoners: young and old, unknown and infamous, minimum security check forgers and death row inmates. The authors include notorious "Preppie Murderer" Robert Chambers; an elderly truck driver who strangled the woman he professed to love; and a gang member recalling his violent street life. All talk in their own uncensored words about themselves and their families, about their motives and personal demons, about committing crime and doing time. Just as this collection gives prisoners the rare chance to communicate who they are and what went wrong, it also gives the reader a unique opportunity to see convicts not as hardened criminals but as human beings.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781555534585
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Publication date: 10/26/2000
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 9.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

JEFF EVANS has written for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Spotlight, Europa Times, and Gist. He lives in New York City.JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA is a renowned poet, novelist, and screenwriter who served time at San Quentin prison. His works include Immigrants in Our Own Land and Blood In Blood Out. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.CRAIG HANEY is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He specializes in the psychological effects of incarceration and the social histories of those convicted of violent crimes.

Table of Contents

Back in the Dayz

1937 (Richard Hinger)
The Mystery of Aunt Lilly (Lou Torok)
The Chicken (Charles C. Mallos)
One Hundred-and-Tenth Street (Darlene Nall)
Where I Come From (William Skeans, Jr.)
Invisible (C. Kaye Ferguson)
I Killed My Wife (Oscar Chandler)
Turned Out (Lamont Bolder)
A Shot in the Dark (Christopher Lynn Garner)
Back in the Dayz (Lalo Gomez)
Martha (Ronald Gearles)
End of the Game (Kevin Lee)

Years without Days

Revolving Door (Robert L. Johnson)
From: From The Inside Out (Jeff Parnell with Mike McLane)
Danny (Steven King Ainsworth)
Another Day (Michael Wayne Hunter)
Reflections from Death Row (Michael Ross)
What It's Like Being a Drag Queen in the Illinois Department of Corrections (Tonya Star Jones)
Prison Break Memoirs (Nemo Valentine)
Grief Behind Bars (Phillip Santiago)
Christmas: Present (Robert Chambers)
What Happened to Your Message? (Barry Conn)
Upon Completing Twenty Years (Easy Waters)

Salvation

Notes From Life and Death (Benjamin La Guer)
The Iceman Speaks (Cheyenne Valentino Yakima)
100 Soldiers (D. Michael Martin)
A Part of Me Set Free (Kevin James)
The Prison Pump (Jon Marc Taylor)
Freedom From Within (Jennifer Howard)
Hired at the Last Hour (John Beasley)
When Student Teaches Teacher (Larry Bratt)
Prison as Monastery (Ronnie Turner)
Jaye's Story (Jaye Bookhart)
Salvation (Juan Shamsul Alam)
Reunion (Christopher J. Rodriguez)
The Tale of a Kite (Larry Bratt)
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