Caged Writing: Prisoners Respond to Unusual Writing AssignmentsOver several years, David Shapiro taught a creative writing/critical thinking course in one prison yard in Arizona, where more than half the students are serving life sentences for murder. Though most of them never completed high school, their responses to some unusual writing assignments show an unpolished brilliance that ranges from transcendent enlightenment to raw pain and suffering. |
Contents
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Assignments | 19 |
Remembered Event | 23 |
Create a Story from Obscure Photographs | 33 |
From one location describe what you see | 52 |
Essay or Philosophical Commentary | 53 |
Describe the Hardest Work Youve Ever Done | 59 |
Write Bad Opening Lines for a Detective Novel | 85 |
Respond to Articles on Race | 87 |
Write a Physical Description of a Place Where You Have LivedNot a Prison or Detention Center | 92 |
Write a Portrait of an Unusual Person You Know | 93 |
Write About Your Most Amazing Experience | 95 |
Write About a Memory from Early Childhood | 97 |
Film Critique | 105 |
The Meaning of Words | 106 |
Produce a Guide for Incoming Prisoners | 61 |
PoetryLyrics | 65 |
My Life in Prison | 75 |
Your Most Noble Selfless Act | 78 |
What Do These Expressions Mean to You? | 109 |
Pass the Baton | 112 |
Critical Thinking | 115 |
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Caged Writing: Prisoners Respond to Unusual Writing Assignments David Shapiro No preview available - 2010 |
Caged Writing: Prisoners Respond to Unusual Writing Assignments David Shapiro No preview available - 2010 |
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