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Free Minds Book Club: Students Reading And Responding To Incarcerated Writers' Poetry, Bonnie Gasior
Free Minds Book Club: Students Reading And Responding To Incarcerated Writers' Poetry, Bonnie Gasior
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Nearly two hundred students, faculty, staff, and community members gather in a series of events to read and respond to poetry written by incarcerated authors. The program engages inmates in poetic self-expression, reflection, and personal growth while challenging honors students to consider what they have learned in literature classes in a broader context of incarceration. Monthly write-nights via Zoom and Miro prove rich and cathartic during the coronavirus crisis.