Posts by Ryan Clover
What is Trauma ’17
The trauma packet describes different forms of trauma and how to help yourself and others who have experienced it. Download Trauma Packet
Read MoreBuddhist Meditation ’17
This is Tara’s latest Buddhist meditation packet, focusing on the God Aspect named Tara. Click Here to Download the Buddhist Meditation Packet
Read MoreJerome Washington
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Read MoreArt Made Entirely From Prison Coffee
In 2018 we’re hosting an art show at Gimme Coffee which features art made entirely from prison coffee. Hundreds of people have participated in our art programs over the years, and this is the latest show put on by Prisoner Express. In this Video, Gary shows a couple of the pieces.
Read MoreThe book requests are coming in… the New Jim Crow book club
Quick update : the letters are coming in! Last month we invited over 3,000 prisoners to join a book club reading of The New Jim Crow – here’s some of the responses that have already come in. Click on the letter below to read it. What’s next: We’re allowing time for more people to join…
Read More“Where Dreams are not Welcome,” by Taj Mahan-Haft
Dreams are an essentially human thing and having them taken away steals life. This piece is a subtle shout to Langston Hughes and his many references to dreams deferred. Here they are not just deferred but kept out at all costs, by the structure of the environment and by the culture inside. I wrote this…
Read More“The Real Prison” by Stephen LaValle
Prison is not the way people think it is. I found that only prisoners know the real prison. The real prison is loneliness that sinks its teeth into the souls of people and is emptiness that leaves a sick feeling inside. It is anxiety that pushes and swells and is uncertainty that smothers and stifles. It is frustration, futility, despair, and indifference.
Read MoreChildhood, by Anthony Mendoza
While growing up, I was raised by two wonderful, loving, and caring parents who taught me all the good and honest virtues in life. That is, the right from wrong, respect, honesty, kindness, and the best effort in everything.
I was one of four kids, the baby of the bunch. However…
Read MoreSong Writing by Mail – 40 Prisoners Create “Pick It Up”
Songstress Kathy Ziegler created a song writing program with Prisoner Express – weaving together the lyrics contributed by 40 different prisoners, all through mail correspondence. Listen here, and read the story of this program. Listen here.
Read More“I’m Here,” by William Spaulding
My poem is about my mom. I was in prison and lost her to an overdose. She was my best friend and for the longest time I felt like my life was over. I am an impulsive writer and one morning I woke up and grabbed the pen and paper and wrote this poem. I…
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