{"product_id":"prison-writing-in-20thcentury-america-isbn-9780140273052","title":"Prison Writing in 20th-Century America","description":"\"Harrowing in their frank detail and desperate tone, the selections in this anthology pack an emotional wallop...Should be required reading for anyone concerned about the violence in our society and the high rate of recidivism.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e.  Includes work by:  Jack London, Nelson Algren, Chester Himes,Jack Henry Abbott, Robert Lowell, Malcolm X, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Piri Thomas.Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Tom Wicker\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFrom Plantation to Penitentiary\u003cb\u003ePlantation Prison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAutobiography of an Imprisoned Peon (1904)\u003cb\u003eSongs of the Prison Plantation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Go Down Old Hannah\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Midnight Special\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Easy Rider\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Early Modern American Prison\u003cb\u003eJack London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'Pinched': A Prison Experience\" and \"The Pen: Long Days in a County Penitentiary\" (1907)\u003cb\u003eDonald Lowrie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eMy Life in Prison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgnes Smedley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cell Mates\"\u003cb\u003eKate Richards O'Hare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eCrime and Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Tully\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A California Holiday\"\u003cb\u003eErnest Booth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ladies in Durance Vile\"\u003cb\u003eChester Himes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To What Red Hell?\"\u003cb\u003eNelson Algren\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"El Presidente de Méjico\" (1947)\u003cb\u003eRobert Lowell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Memories of West Street and Lepke\" (1959)The Movement and the Prison\u003cb\u003eMalcolm X\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Jackson\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eSoledad Brother\u003c\/i\u003e (1970)\u003cb\u003eIceberg Slim (Robert Beck)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim\u003c\/i\u003e (1971)\u003cb\u003eMshaka (Willie Monroe)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Formula for Attica Repeats\" (1974)\u003cb\u003ePiri Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eSeven Long Times\u003c\/i\u003e (1974)\u003cb\u003eJack Henry Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eIn the Belly of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e (1981)\u003cb\u003eAssata Shakur\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eAssata\u003c\/i\u003e (1987)The Literary Renaissance\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Braley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eOn the Yard\u003c\/i\u003e (1967)\u003cb\u003eEtheridge Knight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Warden Said to Me the Other Day\" (1968)\u003cbr\u003e\"Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane\" (1968)\u003cbr\u003eFor Freckle-Faced Gerald\" (1968)\u003cb\u003ePaul Mariah\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Quarry\/Rock: A Reality Poem in the Tradition of Genet\" (1969)\u003cbr\u003e\"Always We Watch Them\" (1970)\u003cbr\u003eShakedown and More\" (1971)\u003cb\u003eNorma Stafford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Santa Cruz\" (1972)\u003cbr\u003e\"The Gone One\" (1973)\u003cb\u003eWilliam Wantling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \"Sestina to San Quentin\" (1973)\u003cbr\u003e\"Poetry\" (1973)\u003cbr\u003e\"Who's Bitter?\" (1973)\u003cb\u003eMichael Hogan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spring\" (1975)\u003cbr\u003e\"Confessions of a Jailhouse Lawyer\" (1975)\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Baxter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lower Court\" (1979)\u003cbr\u003e\"35 Years a Correctional Officer\" (1979)\u003cbr\u003e\"On Being Counted\" (1979)\u003cb\u003eJimmy Santiago Baca\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The New Warden\" (1979)\u003cbr\u003e\"The County Jail\" (1979)\u003cbr\u003e\"I Applied for the Board\" (1982)\u003cb\u003eJackie Ruzas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Easy to Kill\" (1975)\u003cbr\u003e\"The Bus Ride\" (1983)\u003cb\u003eEdward Bunker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eLittle Boy Blue\u003c\/i\u003e (1981)\u003cb\u003eNathan C. Heard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eHouse of Slammers\u003c\/i\u003e (1983)\u003cb\u003eCharles Culhane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Of Cold Places\" (1984)\u003cbr\u003e\"Autumn Yard\" (1985)\u003cbr\u003e\"First Day of Hanukkah\" (1986)\u003cb\u003ePatricia McConnel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sing Soft, Sing Loud\" (1989)\u003cb\u003eKim Wozencraft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eNotes from the Country Club\u003c\/i\u003e (1993)\u003cb\u003eJerome Washington\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Diamond Bob\" (1994)\u003cbr\u003e\"The Blues Merchant\" (1994)\u003cbr\u003e\"Nobody's Hoss\" (1994)\u003cbr\u003e\"Barracuda and Sheryl\" (1994)\u003cbr\u003e\"Shing-a-Ling and China\" (1994)\u003cb\u003eKathy Boudin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Our Skirt\" (1997)\u003cbr\u003e\"The Call\" (1997)\u003cb\u003eDannie Martin (\"Red Hog\")\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"AIDS: The View from a Prison Cell\" (1986)\u003cbr\u003e\"A Prescription for Torture\" (1990)\u003cbr\u003e\"A Mount Everest of Time\" (1990)\u003cb\u003eMumia Abu-Jamal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"B-Block Days and Nightmares\" (1990)\u003cbr\u003e\"Skeleton Bay\" (1993)\u003cbr\u003e\"Already Out of the Game\"\u003cb\u003eJimmy Santiago Baca\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Past Present\" (1992)\u003c\/b\u003eTom Wicker covered American politics at \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e from 1960 to the early 1990s, when he succeeded Arthur Krock as writer of the “In the Nation” column. He is the author of several books of nonfiction, including \u003cb\u003eOne of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eJFK and LBJ\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as several novels.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305096925413,"sku":"NP9780140273052","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140273052.jpg?v=1767735132","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/prison-writing-in-20thcentury-america-isbn-9780140273052","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}