“Was it a novel? Was it a memoir?” An expert in prison literature, Smith felt sure that the book was written by someone with firsthand knowledge of 19th-century correctional facilitie ...

When Tandy Cobb was a young girl growing up in Clarksville, Tenn., Sheila Yount is a features editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. An Arkansas native and communications professional with 42 ...

The $80,000 asking price reflects what the Berkeley library paid for the cookbook, and the current market for prison literature, Mr. Kinmont said. Mr. Jones has said that the proceeds from his ...

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Doran Larson, PhD, Edward North Professor of Literature at Hamilton College. Larson taught creative writing for 10 years inside Attica Correctional Facility and is founder and director of the American ...