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This greatly expanded third edition of the first full-length study of American prison literature contains much new material on current prison literature, with t
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-06-01 - Publisher: Penguin

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America Is the Prison
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In the 1970s, while politicians and activists outside prisons debated the proper response to crime, incarcerated people helped shape those debates though a broa
Prisons, Race, and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Film
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In Prisons, Race, and Masculinity, Peter Caster demonstrates the centrality of imprisonment in American culture, illustrating how incarceration, an institution
Doing Time
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A special collection of the best fiction, essays, poetry, and plays from annual PEN Prison Writing contest offers unique insights into the emotions and thoughts