{"product_id":"women-writing-and-prison-activists-scholars-and-writers-speak-out-paperback","title":"Women, Writing, and Prison: Activists, Scholars, and Writers Speak Out - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTobi Jacobi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKathleen Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes voices and perspectives from prisoners, former prisoners, scholars, and activists to examine the invisible and closed system of incarceration that characterizes the massive U.S. prison industry. The book explores the role of writing in carceral settings, including material realities, ethics, and social justice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTobi Jacobi is an associate professor of English at Colorado State University where she teaches writing and literacy classes. Her research focuses on understanding the problems and possibilities of situating women's prison writing workshops as alternative literacy training. She has taught lifewriting at a county prison in upstate New York and currently facilitates a women's prison writing project in Fort Collins, CO. Ann Folwell Stanford is Vincent DePaul Professor of multidisciplinary and literary studies at the School for New Learning, DePaul University. A poet, she founded and directed the DePaul Project on Women, Writing, and Incarceration after having written poetry with women at Cook County Jail for over seven years. Her book, (Bodies in A Broken World: Women Novelists of Color \u0026amp; The Politics of Medicine) was published in 2003. Her articles have appeared in African American Review, American Literature, Literature and Medicine, Feminist Studies, and other journals and books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118096126087,"sku":"9781475808230","price":93.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f343a899f36823f295bcc9bebca08041.webp?v=1732530382","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/women-writing-and-prison-activists-scholars-and-writers-speak-out-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}