Poetry from the Age of Mass Incarceration

Poetry in the Age of Mass Incarceration will be on display in the John Hay Library’s Willis Reading Room from September 2015 – January 4, 2016.  Please consult the library’s website for open hours.

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Exhibition Bibliography :
I. Books included in the exhibition
II. Books in the Brown University Library by incarcerated individuals
III. Anthologies and periodicals in the Brown University Library with writing by incarcerated individuals
IV. Secondary sources about writings by incarcerated individuals
V. Further publications by writers in the exhibition

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I. Books included in the exhibition

Aguila, Pancho (Solis, Roberto). Anti-Gravity. Berkeley, CA: Aldebaran Review, 1976.

Baca, Jimmy Santiago. Immigrants in Our Own Land. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979.

Baxter, Carolyn. Prison Solitary and Other Free Government Services. Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review Press, 1979.

Berrigan, Daniel. Prison Poems. Greensboro, NC: Unicorn Press, 1973.

Booker, Stephen Todd. Waves & license. Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review Press, 1983.

Bloom, Gene. 12563: Prison Poems of Gene Bloom. San Francisco: New Spirit Press, 1971.

Brisby, Stewart. A Death in America Or, the Life Expectancy of Your Nearest Living Relative Depends on How Fast You Fill Out This Form. New York, NY: Wolverine Press, 1986.

Drolet, Jeannine L. Reflections of My Mind: May 25, ’71-Feb. 25, ’72. San Francisco, CA: [s.n., 1972].

Eldridge, Stanley. Return Me to My Mind. New York, NY: The Fortune Society, 1970.

Green, J. Charles. First Words. Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review Press, 1975.

Hutchins, Elmer C. I’m Going to Let You Touch Me. Washington, DC: King Publications, 1977.

Kizer, Gary Allan. Let a Single Flower Blossom. Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review Press, 1977.

Knight, Etheridge. Poems from Prison. Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, 1968.

Mariah, Paul. Personae non gratae. San Lorenzo, CA: shameless hussy press, 1976.

Murry, Calvin. Prisoner aboard the S.S. Beagle. Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review Press, 1983.

Presfield, Christopher. Gray Air: Poems from Prison, 1983-1999. Mena, AR: Cedar Hill Publications, 1999.

Reddy, T.J. Poems in One-Part Harmony. Chapel Hill, NC: The Carolina Wren Press, 1980.

Warren, Jackie. Change Chilly to Cold. Syracuse, NY: pulpartforms unlt., 1975.

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II. Books in the Brown University Library by incarcerated individuals

Peltier, Leonard. Prison Writings: My Life is a Sun Dance. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.

Morris, K. Shelby. Down but Never Out. Fort Townson, OK: K.S. Morris, 2004.

Becktemba, Talib. Crisis: a Collection of Writings and Poems by Revolutionary Prisoner Talib Becktemba. Athens, GA: Raze the Walls!, 1998.

Abu-Jamal, Mumia. All Things Censored. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2000.

Palmer, Russ. Contraband: poems. Syracuse, NY: pulpartforms unlt., 1975.

Goller, Josef. From within walls. Lansing, IA: Free River Press, 1991.

Schooler, Diana. Lemme Tell You Where I Used to Live. Lansing, IA: Free River Press, 1991.

Sinclair, John. A Long Tired Poem. Detroit, MI: Detroit Artists’ Workshop, 1966.

Deming, Barbara. Prisons That Could Not Hold. San Francisco: Spinsters Ink: 1985.

Raúlrsalinas. Raúlrsalinas and the Jail Machine: My Weapon is My Pen. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2006.

Koran, Dennis. Vacancies. San Francisco: Mother’s Hen, 1975.

Tambuzi. A voice within. Washington, DC: King Publications, 1979.

Dawson, Fielding. The Orange in the Orange: a Novella and Two Stories. Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1995.

Maloney, Joseph John. Beyond the Wall. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1972.

Laursen, Ross. Sweet Tomorrow. San Francisco: Peace and Pieces Foundation, 1975.

Lewisohn, James. Lead Us Forth from Prison. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1977.

Jackson, George. Soledad Brother. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 1994.

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III. Anthologies and periodicals in the Brown University Library with writing by incarcerated individuals

Inside out: writings by Rhode Island Women in Prison. Cranston, RI: Inside Out, 1996.

Voices from within. Cranston, RI: Arts-in-Corrections, Adult Services, Education Unit, Dept. of Corrections, 1980-1994.

Trudell, Dennis, ed. From the Bottom. Madison, WI: From the Bottom Press, 1978.

Redmond, Marybeth Christie and Bartlett, Sarah W., ed. Hear Me, See Me: Incarcerated Women Write. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013.

Gauntt, Jennifer, ed. Texas Death Row: Reflections of a Different World. Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2010.

Volk, Craig, ed. Mama said there’d be days like this, but she never said there’d be years like it: an anthology of poetry by the inmates of the S.D. State Penetentiary. Sioux Falls, SD: “Mama . . .”, 1979.

Eaddy, Felton, ed. Blood Voices: 4 Inmates Speak. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Arts Commission, 1979.

Graziano, Frank, ed. A Season in the Hour: Poems from the Prisons of South Carolina. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Arts Commission, 1978.

Creative Writing. Providence, RI: Space in Prison for the Arts and Creative Expression, Swearer Center for Public Service, Brown University (“SPACE”), 1996.

I speak out loud = Hablo fuerte. Providence, RI: SPACE, 2002.

Poetic justice. Providence, RI: SPACE, 1998.

SPACE Creative Writing Journal. Providence, RI: SPACE, 1997.

Space/time: a Prison Arts Journal. Providence, RI: SPACE, 1999-.

“Joint” Conference. Washington, DC: King Publications, 1974-1991.

COSMEP Prison Project Newsletter. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1977.

Minarik, John Paul, ed. Kicking their Heels with Freedom: Poems from Pennsylvania Prisons. Pittsburgh, PA: Academy of Prison Arts, 1981.

Break de Chains of Legalized U.S. Slavery. Durham, NC: Triangle Area Lesbian Feminists, 1976.

The Inner Voice. Comstock, NY: Great Meadow Correctional Facility, 1975.

Jones, Hettie, ed. Aliens at the border: the Writing Workshop, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. New York: Segue Books, 1997.

Bruchac, Joseph, ed. The Last Stop: Writings from Comstock Prison. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1974.

Gregory, Clyde and Finley, Jeanne, ed. My light comes shining: women’s writings from Albany County Jail. Albany, NY: [s.n.], 1978.

Keller, Walter and Ebert, Betty, ed. Strong Voices. Fremont, CA: The Fault, 1974.

Brandi, John, ed. Dog Blue Day: An Anthology of Writing from the Penitentiary of New Mexico. Santa Fe, NM: Tooth of Time, 1985.

Prison Poetry: New Jersey State Council on the Arts Creative Writing Program. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 1973.

Warren, Rosanna and Tyler, Meg, ed. From this Distance: Poetry from Prison. Boston, MA: R. Warren, 1997.

Wall Writing: an Inmate Poetry Collection. Amherst, MA: Division of Continuing Education, Univ. of MA, 1975.

Who took the weight? Black Voices from Norfolk Prison. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1972.

Lewisohn, John, ed. Light at the End of the Tunnel. Thomaston, ME: [s.n.]. 1976.

Brock, Van K., ed. The Space Behind the Clock: Poems from Florida Prisons. Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 1975.

Journal of the Connecticut Prison Association Arts Program. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Prison Association, 1997.

Journal of the Correctional Art Program. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Prison Association, 1993-1994.

Bruchac, Joseph, ed. Words from the House of the Dead: Prison Writings from Soledad. Trumansburg, NY: Crossing Press, 1974.

Argüelles, Marilla, ed. Extracts from Pelican Bay: An Anthology of Prisoner Poetry, Drawings and Essays. Berkeley, CA: Pantograph Press, 1995.

Captive Voices: Echoes off the Walls III. Paradise, CA: Dustbooks, 1975.

Morgan, Seth and Posada, Edward, ed. About time: An Anthology of California Prison Writing. Santa Cruz, CA: Vacaville Prison Literary Workshop Program, 1980.

Perera, Victor, ed. About Time II: A Second Anthology of California Prison Writing. Santa Cruz, CA: Prison Arts Project, William James Assoc., 1981.

Hogan, Michelle, ed. Do Not Go Gentle: Poetry and Prose from Behind the Walls. Tucson, AZ: Blue Moon Press, 1977.

Trupin, James E., ed. In Prison: Writings and Poems about the Prison Experience. New York: New American Library, 1975.

Attica from Behind the Walls. Buffalo, NY: Attica Defense Committee, 1972.

Tisdale, Celes, ed. Betcha Ain’t: Poems from Attica. Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, 1974.

Bound and Free: The Poetry of Warriors Behind Bars. Washington, DC: King Publications, 1976.

Levine, Stephen, ed. Death Row: An Affirmation of Life. San Francisco: Glide Publications, 1972.

McDonough, Jill, ed. Forgotten Eyes: Poetry from Prison. Boston, MA: Metropolitan College, Boston University, 2000.

Blunk, Tim and Levasseur, Raymond Luc, ed. Hauling Up the Morning. Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press, 1990.

Philip, Cynthia Owen, ed. Imprisoned in America: Prison Communications, 1776-Attica. New York: Harper and Row, 1973.

Bruchac, Joseph, ed. The Light from Another Country: Poetry from American Prisons. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1984.

Alter, Rick L., ed. Living In, Speaking Out. Muskegon, MI: Muskegon Correctional Facility, 1977.

The Muse Behind Bars: An Anthology. New Haven, CT: World Prison Poetry Center, 1984.

Kilgore, Deborah, ed. My Mask Is: Prison Poems and Stories by Women. Chicago: A Small Garlic Press, 1999.

Obstein, Dan, ed. Poetry Beyond the Wall. Trenton, NJ: D. Obstein, 1973.

Poetry of Prison: Poems by Black Prisoners. Chicago: DuSable Museum of African American History, 1972.

Shulman, Bonnie and Parker, Michael, ed. Thursdays Madness. [s.n.], 1978.

Zimmerman, Julie, ed. Trapped Under Ice: A Death Row Anthology.
Brunswick, ME: Biddle Pub. Co., 1995.

Vega, Janine Pommy, ed. Voices Under the Harvest Moon: An Anthology of Writing from Eastern Correctional Facility. New York: Segue Books, 1999.

Arriens, Jan, ed. Welcome to Hell: Writings and Letters from Death Row. Boston: Northeastern Univ. Press, 1997.

Sentences. New Haven, CT: World Prison Poetry Center, 1982-1985.

Mother Lode No. 2, April 1971. San Francisco: Mother Lode Collective, 1971.

Knight, Etheridge, ed. Black Voices from Prison. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1970.

Franklin, H. Bruce, ed. Prison Writing in 20th-Century America. New York: Penguin Books, 1998.

Chevigny, Bell Gale, ed. Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing. New York: Arcade Pub., 1999.

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IV. Secondary sources about writings by incarcerated individuals

Franklin, H. Bruce. American Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners, their Writings: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works, 1789-1981. Westport, CT: L. Hill, 1982.

Franklin, H. Bruce. The Victim as Criminal and Artist. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Massey, Dennis. Doing Time in American Prisons: A Study of Modern Novels. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.

Miller, D. Quentin, ed. Prose and Cons: Essays on Prison Literature in the United States. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 2005.

Ek, Auli. Race and Masculinity in Contemporary American Prison Narratives. New York: Routledge, 2005.

Rodriguez, Dylan. Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006.

Simon, John Oliver. The Caged Collective: The Life and Death of the Folsom Prison Creative Writers’ Workshop. Berkeley, CA: Aldebaran Review, 1978.

Lawston, Jodie Michelle and Lucas, Ashley E., ed. Razor Wire Women: Prisoners, Activists, Scholars and Artists. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2011.

Harlow, Barbara. Barred: Women, Writing, and Political Detention. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 1992.

Green, Tara T. From the Plantation to the Prison: African American Confinement Literature. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2008.

O’Connor, Patricia E. Speaking of Crime: Narratives of Prisoners. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2000.

Smith, Caleb. The Prison and the American Imagination. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.

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V. Further publications by writers in the exhibition

Pancho Aguila [Roberto Solis].

Clash. San Francisco, CA: Poetry for the People, 1980.

Dark Smoke. San Francisco, CA: Second Coming Press, 1977.

Hijacked. Berkeley, CA: Twowindows Press, 1976.

Jimmy Santiago Baca.

Black Mesa Poems. New York: New Directions, 1989. 

C-train (Dream Boy’s Story) and Thirteen Mexicans. New York: Grove
Press, 2002.

A Glass of Water. New York: Grove Press, 2009.

The Importance of a Piece of Paper. New York: Grove Press, 2004.

Martín; &, Meditations on the South Valley. New York: New Directions, 1987.

A Place to Stand: The Making of a Poet. New York: Grove Press, 2001.

Set This Book On Fire. Mena, AR: Cedar Hill Publications, 2001.

Singing at the Gates: Selected Poems. New York: Grove Press, 2014.

Spring Poems Along the Rio Grande. New York: New Directions, 2007.

Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande. New York: New Directions, 2004.

Working in the Dark: Reflections of a Poet of the Barrio. Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, 1992.

What’s Happening. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1982.

Carolyn Baxter.

Platinum Dreams Lead Reality. Charleston, SC: BookSurge, 2006.

Daniel Berrigan.

And the Risen Bread: Selected Poems, 1957-1997. New York: Fordham University Press, 1998.

Block Island. Greensboro, NC: Unicorn Press, 1985.

The Dark Night of Resistance. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1971.

Encounters. Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1960.

False Gods, Real Men: New Poems. New York: Macmillan, 1969.

Go From Here: A Prison Diary. San Francisco, CA: Open Space, 1968.

Stephen Todd Booker.

Swiftly, Deeper. Gliwice, Poland: Mandrake Press, 1995.

Tug. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1994.

Stewart Brisby.

Urinating in the Pool. Syracuse, NY: pulpartforms, unlt., 1974.

Etheridge Knight.

Belly Song and Other Poems. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973.

Born of a Woman: New and Selected Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

The Essential Etheridge Knight. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986.

For Black Poets who Think of Suicide. Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, 1970.

Paul Mariah.

This Light Will Spread: Selected Poems, 1960-1975. San Francisco, CA: ManRoot Books, 1978.

The Spoon Ring. San Francisco, CA: ManRoot Books, 1974.

O My Beloveds, Artemis Is Dead. San Francisco, CA: Norton-Coker Press, 1996.

Love Poems to Any Deserter Who Is in Jail. San Francisco: Empty Elevator Shaft Poetry Press, 1972.

The Electric Holding Company. San Francisco, CA: ManRoot Books, 1974.

Apparitions of a Black Pauper’s Suit: 13 Eulogies. San Francisco, CA: Hoddypoll Press, 1976.

Christopher Presfield.

Broadsides from a Ghost Ship. Albion, CA: Pygmy Forest Press, 1997.

Dawn in the Big House. Albion, CA: Pygmy Forest Press, 2006.

Prison Fugue. Mena, AR: Cedar Hill Publications, 2010.

T.J. Reddy.

Less Than a Score but a Point. New York: Vantage Books, 1974.

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