Books through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement
By Dave "Mac" Marquis (Editor), Moira Marquis (Editor), Victoria Law (Contribution by), Michelle Dillon (Contribution by), Melissa Charenko (Contribution by), Beth Orlansky (Contribution by), Robert McDuff (Contribution by), Rebecca Ginsburg (Contribution by), James King (Contribution by), Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (Contribution by), Sarah West (Contribution by), Lauren Braun-Strumfels (Contribution by), Annie Masaoka (Contribution by), Ellen Skirvin (Contribution by), Andy Chan (Contribution by), Jodi Lincoln (Contribution by), Patrick Kukucka (Contribution by), Daniel McGowan (Contribution by), Julie Schneyer (Contribution by), Julia Chin (Contribution by), Kwaneta Harris (Contribution by), Valerie Surrett (Contribution by), Rod Coronado (Contribution by), Nic Cassette (Contribution by), Zoe Lawrence (Contribution by), Megan Sweeney (Contribution by), Paul Tardie (Contribution by)
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By Dave "Mac" Marquis (Editor), Moira Marquis (Editor), Victoria Law (Contribution by), Michelle Dillon (Contribution by), Melissa Charenko (Contribution by), Beth Orlansky (Contribution by), Robert McDuff (Contribution by), Rebecca Ginsburg (Contribution by), James King (Contribution by), Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (Contribution by), Sarah West (Contribution by), Lauren Braun-Strumfels (Contribution by), Annie Masaoka (Contribution by), Ellen Skirvin (Contribution by), Andy Chan (Contribution by), Jodi Lincoln (Contribution by), Patrick Kukucka (Contribution by), Daniel McGowan (Contribution by), Julie Schneyer (Contribution by), Julia Chin (Contribution by), Kwaneta Harris (Contribution by), Valerie Surrett (Contribution by), Rod Coronado (Contribution by), Nic Cassette (Contribution by), Zoe Lawrence (Contribution by), Megan Sweeney (Contribution by), Paul Tardie (Contribution by)
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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 operates on shoestring budgets with donated libraries in thirty states, and yet, there is little awareness of this longstanding social movement.
This book contains essays that explain the need for prison book pro...
This book contains essays that explain the need for prison book pro...


