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Arthur Longworth became a model of redemption. Despite earning policy and legal support, it was still incredibly difficult to get him out of prison.
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Prison Writing with PEN America: Can Mass Incarceration & Freedom of Speech Co-Exist? – Phil & Co.
Host Cliff Sloan is joined by award-winning writer, Arthur Longworth who is calling in from Monroe Correctional Complex where he is serving a life without parole sentence and Robert Pollock, PEN America’s Prison Writing Program Manager. Listen to an insider’s perspective on the freedom of speech (or not) of incarcerated people, education and the…
Last month, PEN America announced its 2019 Writing for Justice Fellows. This week they are interviewed.
The PEN Ten: An Interview with the 2019 Writers for Justice Fellows
The PEN Ten is PEN America’s weekly interview series. This week, PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program Director Caits Meissner speaks to the 2019 Writing for Justice Fellows. PEN America’s Writing for Justice Fellowship commissions writers-emerging or established-to create written works of lasting merit that illuminate critical issues related to mass incarceration and catalyze public debate.
