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- Prison Renaissance Prison Renaissance is using visual, verbal, and performance art to create a culture of transformation to end cycles of incarceration. 0
- Judith Tannenbaum's site Judith taught poetry at SQ. She is a networker and amazing resource for prison arts info. She collaborates with prison poet Spoon Jackson and has written about her years teaching at SQ in “Disguised as a Poem.” 0
- San Quentin News We present a progressive approach to criminal justice policies by reporting on positive changes in prisoner behavior, particularly through rehabilitative efforts. 0
Tag Archives: Troy Williams
The Prison Within
The Prison Within, a new documentary featuring former Brother in Pen Troy Williams, was released on August 25, and it’s a beautiful film. Troy’s rumination on his journey into the heart of restorative justice works to weave and bookend the … Continue reading
‘I’m being treated like I’m not a person’
I posted about the article in the Chronicle that came out on July 25 featuring Brothers in Pen writers Troy Williams and Watani Stiner. Another article also came out in the Chronicle on July 30 for which I was interviewed: … Continue reading
San Quentin’s 8:46
The chillingly slow, savagely calm, brutally calculated murder of George Floyd on video by a uniformed officer with his hands in his pockets, impervious to any cries for relief from either the man he is kneeling on or the bystanders … Continue reading
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Tagged #stopsanquentinoutbreak, Brothers in Pen, covid-19, justice, mercy, Prison Arts Project, san quentin, Troy Williams, Watani Stiner
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Brothers in Pen: Tragedy, Struggle and Hope
STORIES FROM SAN QUENTIN Foreword by Tobias Wolff A new anthology of fiction and creative non-fiction written in an ongoing writing workshop at San Quentin State Prison by twelve men, mostly Lifers, all serious writers. A strong theme emerging from … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, Black Power, bloods, COINTELPRO, crips, Death Row Records, Ernie Laszlo, forgiveness, gang violence, inmates, Jeff Atkins, Jerry Elster, ju kai, Julian Padgett, Kenny Brydon, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Maulana Karenga, Michael R. "Harry O" Harris, Michael Willis, moving on, no more tears, prehistoric, prison issues, prisoner, reconciliation, restorative justice, Richard Gilliam, Ronin Holmes, san quentin, Tharon Hill, Tobias Wolff, tommyknocker, Troy Williams, UCLA, unconditional love, Us Organization, Watani Stiner, WWII, Zoe Mullery
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San Quentin writing
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Brothers in Pen: A Means of Escape
This is an anthology of short stories written in an ongoing writing workshop at San Quentin State Prison. Some stories are fiction, some memoir/creative non-fiction, and some a combination. If you’re looking for stories about rattlesnakes, Black Power, Santa’s demise, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthology, black panthers, Ernie Laszlo, fiction, gang violence, Kenny Brydon, lifer, Lost Boys, Michael Willis, prison, prisoner, R. F. Gilliam, restorative justice, Ronin Holmes, san quentin, short story, Sudan, Tharon Hill, Troy Williams, Us Organization, Watani Stiner, writing, Zoe Mullery
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Brothers in Pen 