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From the ferry: 11/19/09
It’s one of those nights when I am at capacity. How to let go of learning that a man in our group was sentenced to life–life–at the age of sixteen. What do you have to do to receive … more →
Deep Water: Teaching Writing Inside Prison
From the ferry: 11/19/09
islandwriter wrote 1 week ago: It’s one of those nights when I am at capacity. How to let go of learning that a man in our gr … more →
Know Thyself
islandwriter wrote 1 month ago: Annual training today at the prison. I’ve heard the presentation three times now, and it doesn … more →
Last Words
islandwriter wrote 2 months ago: Published in the New York Times Op-Eds on September 19, 2009. A listing of “last words” … more →
Endings and beginnings, part 2
islandwriter wrote 3 months ago: Something ought to be said about moving our program to the Washington State Reformatory. Sometimes I … more →
Most often the stranger is...someone you know
islandwriter wrote 6 months ago: In his April 21 posting, Better Man writes about something close to my heart as a former advocate fo … more →
It's all story
islandwriter wrote 6 months ago: Tonight I am prepping to go up to the prison on Wednesday. I’ll be presenting two archetypes found i … more →
An overdue "from the ferry"
islandwriter wrote 6 months ago: It is time to start making plans to go up to the prison again this coming Wednesday. How do two week … more →
Better Man writes from the outside
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islandwriter wrote 7 months ago: I’ve added a new page to the blog (see the column to the right). There I will post journal ent … more →
From the ferry: 3/19/09
islandwriter wrote 8 months ago: My commute to and from the prison includes a twenty minute ferry crossing plus however long I get to … more →
One year and counting...
islandwriter wrote 8 months ago: March marks a year since I started volunteering at Monroe. A short list of the ways my life has chan … more →
Dear Bill...
islandwriter wrote 8 months ago: One of our group members wrote me a long letter and handed it to me with a couple of poems. His hope … more →
Resurrection
islandwriter wrote 9 months ago: I’ve spent several hours today reading some of the guys’ work. During the last workshop … more →
From the ferry: 2/4/09
islandwriter wrote 9 months ago: My commute to and from the prison includes a twenty minute ferry crossing plus however long I get to … more →
Considering stillness
islandwriter wrote 9 months ago: “It is as if Americans typically have their moments of stillness when those moments are framed … more →
Violence and Language
islandwriter wrote 10 months ago: I’ve begun to prep for going up to the prison tomorrow night. I’ve been gone for too lon … more →
The poem she read
islandwriter wrote 10 months ago: I’m here in Boston at school. Tonight I would normally be at the prison, working with the guys … more →
Sentimental, Christmas 2008
islandwriter wrote 11 months ago: Christmas. I spent the night with my parents last night. My sister made a delicious bean soup for di … more →
Moxie
islandwriter wrote 11 months ago: This morning on NPR’s Morning Edition came the story of a landscaper in Chicago and one of her … more →
House bound
islandwriter wrote 11 months ago: Winter has come to the northwest. Not a typical winter, which is usually dark, wet days with tempera … more →
