Words No Bars Can Hold: Literacy Learning in Prison

Deborah Appleman

ISBN 10: 0393713679 / ISBN 13: 9780393713671

Published by Blue Guides Limited Of London Jun 2019, 2019

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Neuware - Words No Bars Can Hold provides a rare glimpse into literacy learning under the most dehumanising conditions. Deborah Appleman chronicles her work teaching college-level classes at a high-security prison for men, most of whom are serving life sentences. Through narrative, poetry, memoir and fiction, the students in Appleman's classes attempt to write themselves back into a society that has erased their lived histories.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Words No Bars Can Hold: Literacy Learning in Prison
• Publisher: Blue Guides Limited Of London Jun 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393713679
• ISBN 13: 9780393713671
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Incarcerated bodies, liberated minds: a narrative of literacy education behind bars.

Words No Bars Can Hold provides a rare glimpse into literacy learning under the most dehumanising conditions. Deborah Appleman chronicles her work teaching college-level classes at a high-security prison for men, most of whom are serving life sentences. Through narrative, poetry, memoir and fiction, the students in Appleman's classes attempt to write themselves back into a society that has erased their lived histories.

The students' work, through which they probe and develop their identities as readers and writers, illuminates the transformative power of literacy. Appleman argues for the importance of educating the incarcerated and explores ways to interrupt the increasingly common journey from urban schools to our nation's prisons. From the sobering endpoint of what scholars have called the "school to prison pipeline", she draws insight from the narratives and experiences of those who have travelled it.

About the Author

Deborah Appleman lives in Minnesota and is the Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies and director of the summer writing program at Carleton College. Since 2007, she has taught language, literature, and creative writing courses at a high-security prison for men in the upper Midwest.