{"id":4131,"date":"2018-08-09T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/writing-program-highlights-stories-from-the-truly-free-in-anthology\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:07:55","slug":"ex-prisoners-publish-thru-writing-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/ex-prisoners-publish-thru-writing-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Program highlights \u2018Stories from the Truly Free\u2019 in anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n            \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            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In composition notebooks, the men have filled pages with their regrets, fears and painful acknowledgements, and with their clarity on the fragility of freedom and life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eight men who are transitioning back into society after years of incarceration have been participating in a writers&rsquo; workshop at the USC Dornsife <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/the-writing-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">Writing Program<\/a> for years. Now, with help from a $7,300 <a href=\"https:\/\/goodneighbors.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">USC Good Neighbors Campaign<\/a> grant, they have reached the milestone that all writers hope for to legitimize their craft: Their work has been published.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of the <em>48th Street Anthology: Stories from the Truly Free<\/em> debuted this summer. The book is available at no cost upon request.<\/p>\n<p>The former prisoners and their Writing Program mentors celebrated the achievement recently with a night of readings at the With Love Caf&eacute;, near USC&rsquo;s University Park campus.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Bower and John Murray, both associate professors (teaching) of writing at USC Dornsife, have worked closely with The Francisco Homes&nbsp;transition program for more than a decade, but launched the workshop for men there two years ago after learning about a pop-up writing workshop for underserved populations. Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Writing Emily Artiano and Lecturer Benjamin Pack joined them in coaching the men, helping them to hone their craft.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We offered to help people with CVs and letters, but it became immediately clear that was not what these men were interested in doing,&rdquo; says Artiano. &ldquo;But they were interested in telling their stories.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the workshop began, the men have met with the professors and lecturers for 90 minutes nearly once a week, sharing their writings and discussing their craft.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The authors whose stories are included in this collection provide a rare opportunity for readers to better understand the lives of people who have served decades-long prison sentences,&rdquo; writes Murray in a foreword to the anthology.<\/p>\n<p>The stories, essays and poems that fill the pages touch on themes such as liberation, joy, forgiveness and loss. They describe painful childhoods and the inescapable burden of regret.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A rubber hose, slicing air with malice, welts the back of a naked boy tied helplessly to a tree,&rdquo; writes Johnny Salmon. &ldquo;As the welts burst into tears, tiny lungs erupt into screams of familiar pain, to the whimpers of a beaten dog.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An eye-to-eye examination of a gorilla leads David Smith to the painful realization that a zoo is a prison.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was a point in his life where he was a proud king; a ruler of his domain. Running, swinging in trees&hellip; whatever it is gorillas do, I could see. Now the loss of that life shows through his tearful eyes,&rdquo; Smith writes. &ldquo;It seems as though he wants to place his hands on the window, so without thinking I place my hand there. He is staring back at me with a look of what could only be sorrow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>K.L. Kristiansen recalls how a tower loomed over the prison, with a bird&rsquo;s eye view of all below, inside and outside the walls. &ldquo;Has it come to an ending, or is this a start? \/ Do you stand by a justice, that made you so strong, \/ Or blind to the horrors, and be damned the wrong?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The anthology is available upon request by contacting Bower at <a href=\"mailto:sbower@usc.edu\">sbower@usc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collection of essays, short stories and poems marks the crowning achievement of a USC Dornsife writers\u2019 workshop for men who are now free after years in 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