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doing time to cleanse my mind: an anthology from the Inmates' Poetry Workshop of Auburn Correctional Facility Auburn, New York, 2001-2009

Patricia Roth Schwartz

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From the Forward by Janine Pommy Vega:

Reading Doing Time to Cleanse My Mind, I realized the poems were created in the supportive environment of a writing workshop. After ten years and thousands of manuscripts read for the PEN Prison Writing Awards , I have learned to recognize poems from whatever confined corner of this nation someone or some group is actively working on his/her/their craft. The nuts and bolts are hidden, but the images are nailed in place, and the imagination leaps out in an arc that touches the reader. Week after week the writers of this anthology gathered in some corner of Auburn Prison, brought together by the arrival of a visitor, the poet Patricia Roth Schwartz. The whole premise and requirement of weekly writing sessions brought about the inspiration, formulation, creation, sharing, and thereafter the editing of these poems. They are the works of writers concerned with the big questions: Who am I? What am I doing here? What is
this society I am part of? What about my loved ones, how can I serve them?

Pages: 76

Format: Paperback

Publisher: FootHills Publishing

Release: May 05, 2022

doing time to cleanse my mind: an anthology from the Inmates' Poetry Workshop of Auburn Correctional Facility Auburn, New York, 2001-2009

Patricia Roth Schwartz

0/5 ( ratings)

From the Forward by Janine Pommy Vega:

Reading Doing Time to Cleanse My Mind, I realized the poems were created in the supportive environment of a writing workshop. After ten years and thousands of manuscripts read for the PEN Prison Writing Awards , I have learned to recognize poems from whatever confined corner of this nation someone or some group is actively working on his/her/their craft. The nuts and bolts are hidden, but the images are nailed in place, and the imagination leaps out in an arc that touches the reader. Week after week the writers of this anthology gathered in some corner of Auburn Prison, brought together by the arrival of a visitor, the poet Patricia Roth Schwartz. The whole premise and requirement of weekly writing sessions brought about the inspiration, formulation, creation, sharing, and thereafter the editing of these poems. They are the works of writers concerned with the big questions: Who am I? What am I doing here? What is
this society I am part of? What about my loved ones, how can I serve them?

Pages: 76

Format: Paperback

Publisher: FootHills Publishing

Release: May 05, 2022

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