This week, Lindsey (https://www.instagram.com/lins_1283/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Late Night Carousal" and "Squished," and finding dignity under inhumane circumstances.
You can read Lindsey's poem at: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56857ed54bf118b4ed47d958/t/5e2fa13187c8e752f5db8057/1580179791251/Issue+4+Iron+City+2+fixed+redux.pdf
Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of May 18th.
Photo provided by Lindsey Saya (https://www.instagram.com/lins_1283/).
Links to topics we touched on:
1. The effects of the coronavirus on the prison population: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/01/a-state-by-state-look-at-coronavirus-in-prisons
2. The Three-Fifth Compromise: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=163
3. Effect of education on recidivism: https://sites.northwestern.edu/npep/benefits-of-prison-education/
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