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Know Thyself
Annual training today at the prison. I’ve heard the presentation three times now, and it doesn’t change much. Though the woman leading the training today, I thought, did so in a manner tha… more →
Deep Water: Teaching Writing Inside Prison
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 →
Endings and beginnings, part 2
islandwriter wrote 4 months ago: Something ought to be said about moving our program to the Washington State Reformatory. Sometimes I … 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 →
Four more sleeps and a wake up
islandwriter wrote 8 months ago: I wrote this Sunday night, to post yesterday, but now it is today and I’m just getting it post … more →
A conversation worth a listen...
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islandwriter wrote 8 months ago: The conversation with Judy Lightfoot and seniors at the University of Washington on my local NPR sta … 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 →
thinking beyond prison
islandwriter wrote 9 months ago: I just returned home from an interesting discussion with two fellow islanders about how to use the h … 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 10 months ago: My commute to and from the prison includes a twenty minute ferry crossing plus however long I get to … more →
Why (Part 2)
islandwriter wrote 12 months ago: I am reading Nobody Knows My Name by James Baldwin. In the final paragraph of his essay, “Fifth Av … more →
Why (Part 1)
islandwriter wrote 1 year ago: At Monroe last Wednesday our first hour with guys was appropriately called by Gloria at a certain po … more →
Walk, stop, turn - an exercise
islandwriter wrote 1 year ago: Last night up at Monroe I was leading the group. Not only leading, but leading on my own as Gloria w … more →
Myth and meaning
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islandwriter wrote 1 year ago: “A mythological order is a system of images that gives consciousness a sense of meaning in exi … more →
Sunday with Joseph Campbell
islandwriter wrote 1 year ago: This weekend I began watching Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, a series of interviews conducte … more →
Enemies and allies #2
islandwriter wrote 1 year ago: It is probably safe to say that generally the prisoners see the prison guards as enemies and the pri … more →
The workshop -- a description
islandwriter wrote 1 year ago: It occurs to me that it might be important sometime early in these posts to take a moment to describ … more →
