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Poetry Slammin’ In The Slammer: Questioning The Limits Of Arts-In-Corrections, Rivka Rocchio
Poetry Slammin’ In The Slammer: Questioning The Limits Of Arts-In-Corrections, Rivka Rocchio
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal
Through the process of creating—specifically of shaping new worlds of possibility through poetry and the performance of it—the arts may offer gaps in the punishment of incarceration and attempt the reclamation or claiming of individual expression. But what are the limits of artistic expression in a highly monitored and surveilled location? This reflective essay explores a performance of slam poetry by ten inmates inside Arizona's Eyman State Prison for an audience of twenty-five prisoners. Using Keoni Watson’s winning poem as a frame, Rocchio questions the reported impacts of the slam and the larger culpability of arts-in-corrections in simultaneously supporting and …
Otolith By Emily Nilsen, Christine Lowther
Otolith By Emily Nilsen, Christine Lowther
The Goose
Review of Emily Nilsen's Otolith.
Barking & Biting: The Poetry Of Sina Queyras Selected By Erin Wunker, Jenny Kerber
Barking & Biting: The Poetry Of Sina Queyras Selected By Erin Wunker, Jenny Kerber
The Goose
Review of Erin Wunker's (ed.) Barking & Biting: The Poetry of Sina Queyras.
Small Fires By Kelly Norah Drukker, Emily Mcgiffin
Small Fires By Kelly Norah Drukker, Emily Mcgiffin
The Goose
Review of Kelly Norah Drukker's Small Fires.