Illustrations from the Inside: The Beat Within - Hardcover

Louis E. V. Nevaer; Adam Mansbach

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0979048648 ISBN 13: 9780979048647

Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher, 2008

Synopsis

The Beat Within is a nation-wide writing program for incarcerated youth that is ten years old. Words not Weapons is the theme, getting young adults male and female, of all races to learn that the power of words and images is stronger than violence. While a couple of volumes of poetry generated by this program have been published, Illustrations from the Inside: The Beat Within focuses on the drawings that these kids do, almost entirely in pencil. Remarkable for its execution, compelling in terms of content and chock-full of varied renderings of everything from Homer Simpson to the violent deaths of friends and family, these illustrations humanize these juveniles, in a way that the penal system resists.

About this title

Synopsis:

"The Beat Within" is a nation-wide writing program for incarcerated youth that is ten years old. Words not Weapons is the theme, getting young adults male and female, of all races to learn that the power of words and images is stronger than violence. While a couple of volumes of poetry generated by this program have been published. "The Beat Within" focuses on the drawings that these kids do, almost entirely in pencil. Remarkable for its execution, compelling in terms of content and chock-full of varied renderings of everything from Homer Simpson to the violent deaths of friends and family, these illustrations humanize these juveniles, in a way that the penal system resists.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0979048648
• ISBN 13: 9780979048647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160