Once You're Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration

Once You're Inside is a poetry collection that details Ann Bracken's volunteer experiences working in prison-based writing programs. Before she volunteered, Bracken was like many people who had no idea who prisoners really were—men and women with lives and families, hopes and dreams. While statistics and data tell a large part of the incarceration story, Bracken knew that poetry could capture voices and experiences in a visceral way that might move people to read more and to work for change. The incarcerated men and women Bracken met hungered for knowledge, yet their educations were halted at the GED level. And many of them, like Ryan, had spent half their lives in prison. "I came here when I was 15. I'm 40 now." Ryan confessed, "I was misguided, and I had no sense of self-worth." And saddest of all, one of the women told her, "You're the first new person we've seen in seven years." The poems in Once You're Inside will introduce you to memorable characters living in impossibly tragic conditions. People who are working to contribute to society in positive ways, if only someone would give them a chance.

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Once You're Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration

Once You're Inside is a poetry collection that details Ann Bracken's volunteer experiences working in prison-based writing programs. Before she volunteered, Bracken was like many people who had no idea who prisoners really were—men and women with lives and families, hopes and dreams. While statistics and data tell a large part of the incarceration story, Bracken knew that poetry could capture voices and experiences in a visceral way that might move people to read more and to work for change. The incarcerated men and women Bracken met hungered for knowledge, yet their educations were halted at the GED level. And many of them, like Ryan, had spent half their lives in prison. "I came here when I was 15. I'm 40 now." Ryan confessed, "I was misguided, and I had no sense of self-worth." And saddest of all, one of the women told her, "You're the first new person we've seen in seven years." The poems in Once You're Inside will introduce you to memorable characters living in impossibly tragic conditions. People who are working to contribute to society in positive ways, if only someone would give them a chance.

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Once You're Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration

Once You're Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration

by Ann Bracken
Once You're Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration
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Once You're Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration

Once You're Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration

by Ann Bracken

Overview

Once You're Inside is a poetry collection that details Ann Bracken's volunteer experiences working in prison-based writing programs. Before she volunteered, Bracken was like many people who had no idea who prisoners really were—men and women with lives and families, hopes and dreams. While statistics and data tell a large part of the incarceration story, Bracken knew that poetry could capture voices and experiences in a visceral way that might move people to read more and to work for change. The incarcerated men and women Bracken met hungered for knowledge, yet their educations were halted at the GED level. And many of them, like Ryan, had spent half their lives in prison. "I came here when I was 15. I'm 40 now." Ryan confessed, "I was misguided, and I had no sense of self-worth." And saddest of all, one of the women told her, "You're the first new person we've seen in seven years." The poems in Once You're Inside will introduce you to memorable characters living in impossibly tragic conditions. People who are working to contribute to society in positive ways, if only someone would give them a chance.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940165660221
Publisher: Charing Cross Press
Publication date: 08/25/2021
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
File size: 299 KB

About the Author

Ann Bracken has published three poetry collections, The Altar of Innocence, No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom and Once You're Inside: Poetry Exploring Incarceration. She serves as a contributing editor for Little Patuxent Review, and co-facilitates the Wilde Readings Poetry Series in Columbia, Maryland. She volunteers as a correspondent for the Justice Arts Coalition, exchanging letters with incarcerated people to foster their use of the arts. Her poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals, her work has been featured on Best American Poetry, and she's been a guest on Grace Cavalieri's The Poet and The Poem radio show. Her advocacy work promotes using the arts to foster paradigm change in the areas of emotional wellness, education, and prison abolition.
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