Writing in Prison
ONLINE - On October 22, 2020, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies, in collaboration with One Book, One Northwestern and the Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP), hosted a virtual lunchtime table talk on the importance of teaching creative and journalistic writing to incarcerated individuals.
The conversation was led by Amy Danzer, the Assistant Director of Academic Programs at the School of Professional Studies, and featured renowned writers and affiliated faculty of the NPEP program who touched on their experiences in the classroom.
FEATURED:
Alex Kotlowitz
Author of four books, including An American Summer
Affiliated Faculty, Northwestern Prison Education Program
Rebecca Gilman
Author of internationally celebrated plays, including The Glory of Living
Affiliated Faculty, Northwestern Prison Education Program
Kotlowitz and Gilman were influential in helping get student work published in celebrated sources like The New Yorker and on the Goodman Theatre website. Click through the links below to read and watch some of their work:
- My Prison Cell: A Visit From An Outsider – Written by James Trent, former NPEP student
- My Prison Cell: Learning to Hear on a Cardboard Piano – Written by Demetrius Cunningham, former NPEP student
- My Prison Cell: A War Against the Roaches – Written by Oscar Parham, former NPEP student
- My Prison Cell: The Refuge of a Recluse – Written by Marcos Gray, former NPEP student
- My Prison Cell: A Place Kept Compulsively Clean – Written by Ramon Delgado, former NPEP student
- A Festival of Short Plays From the Northwestern Prison Education Program
The lecture was part of SPS's Lunchtime Table Talk series, a lecture and Q&A series that highlights the interdisciplinary research and conversation occurring at the School of Professional Studies. The lectures are free and open to Northwestern University staff, students, and faculty, as well as the general public.
If you are interested in learning more about the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies Lunchtime Table Talk series, please contact us at SPS@northwestern.edu and ask to be added to our email list.
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