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No Easy Path to Redemption
A lot can happen in twenty years. A sycamore tree can reach full maturity. A child can grow into an adult. This not guaranteed, but this is what we expect. What happened in the last twenty years of my life was unexpected.
In 2006 I started a memoir writing class in the Richmond City Jail. A core group formed: Kelvin Belton, Stan Craddock, Ron Fountain, Naji Mujahid, and Dean Turner. I had only plan Read more of this blog post »
In 2006 I started a memoir writing class in the Richmond City Jail. A core group formed: Kelvin Belton, Stan Craddock, Ron Fountain, Naji Mujahid, and Dean Turner. I had only plan Read more of this blog post »
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“When they were incarcerated, I saw them through their writing, and myself through the teaching. Writing showed me how they had gotten trapped in patterns that revealed their character developing over time. Writing led to greater awareness of—and compassion for—the person who had struggled earlier in life but who now chose to struggle differently. When they got out, I realized, dimly, that they were done writing. I was done teaching. Nothing lay between us but reality unfolding. - from After Jail, Before Freedom”
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― After Jail, Before Freedom
“When they were incarcerated, I saw them through their writing, and myself through the teaching. Writing showed me how they had gotten trapped in patterns that revealed their character developing over time. Writing led to greater awareness of—and compassion for—the person who had struggled earlier in life but who now chose to struggle differently. When they got out, I realized, dimly, that they were done writing. I was done teaching. Nothing lay between us but reality unfolding. - from After Jail, Before Freedom”
― After Jail, Before Freedom
― After Jail, Before Freedom