Posts by Ryan Clover
“My Earliest Memory” by Barry L. Taylor
At the age of two, my mother left her six children behind when she left my father. My very first memories were of waking in my crib with the light turned off and seeing the soft light of afternoon ooze through the window shades. I wanted my mother and cried out for her. She came into the room, told me to lay down and go to sleep, and left the room again.
Read More“The Scent of Spring,” by Dennis D. Thomas
This poem is an attempt to describe to someone who has never done a “bid” or what is most commonly known as hard-time. It is very…
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If you’re familiar with our program then you know that we receive hundreds of letters every month from people incarcerated throughout the U.S. I’m not exaggerating… hundreds. In fact, most of these letters include artwork, poetry, essays, journal entries, and other types of expression. Those are the main categories though, and thus they are the…
Read More“First Date” by Michael Carpenter
I was an earlier bloomer. Unlike most little boys in the second grade, I did not think little girls had cooties. My attraction to the opposite sex began two years prior to kindergarten. During rest period, we would lay on these little bamboo mats, and I will never forget that funny feeling, those butterflies in the pit of my stomach when Melinda winked at me. I was hooked.
Read More“Adulthood”, by Williams Andrews
This essay is part of the “Telling Your Story” program in which prisoners recount profound memories from different stages in their lives. The audio version of this essay was read by a member of the Prisoner Express staff.
Read MoreBehind the Lace, by Daniel Montaño
Theme Prisoner Express establishes both a Word Theme and a Picture Theme for each month for prisoners to base their writing off of. This essay by Daniel Montaño was a response to our “Mask” theme essay packet in May 2017. Behind the Lace, by Daniel Montaño So this is me, a gangster, born and raised in the south…
Read MoreStigmatizing Prisoner Art?
In this show, I asked 55 artists, half of whom are incarcerated and half of whom are NOT incarcerated (many Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts alumni) to create a work of art in a 6” circle to be presented anonymously…
Read MoreChess Program ’17
We have had an ongoing chess club for more than 8 years and as volunteers leave the area we have always managed to find someone new to lead this effort. Currently the lessons are being created by a prisoner in Washington State. This is the first time we have had a program created by someone…
Read MoreCreative Interlude ’17
Creative Interlude is a newsletter that encourages one to get engaged physically and mentally with exercises and crafts. Download Creative Interlude
Read MoreProject Jump-Start ’17
Project Jump Start is a creative writing program within our newsletter. Download JumpStart Here
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