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Barcode30053003542951
StatusChecked Out
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No365.66 BOOK
Title Books through bars : stories from the prison books movement / edited by Moira Marquis and Dave "Mac" Marquis.
CollectionNEW: Adult 300-399
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
Checked OutParis-Bourbon30053003542951365.66 BOOK7/10/2026 Due on 7/29/2026

Catalog Details

Title Statement Books through bars : stories from the prison books movement / edited by Moira Marquis and Dave "Mac" Marquis.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, 2024.
Physical Description 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content Type still image sti rdacontent
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note Why we need prison books programs -- Origin stories -- Community -- How to start a prison books program -- The future of prison books.
Summary, Etc. "Co-edited by two activists with deep experience in organizing prison books programs (PBPs), Books Behind Bars introduces readers to PBPs and their decentralized organization. PBPs are a grassroots-level and nationwide activist movement challenging the largest prison industry in the world by refusing to let incarcerated people remain isolated and forgotten. Operating on shoestring budgets, will all-volunteer workforces and donated libraries, books to prisoner programs are examples of ordinary people acting to undermine the isolation and judgment of incarceration. Although there are currently fifty-three books to prisoners groups serving in all fifty states, these programs remain relatively unknown. The goal of this book is to bring awareness to this diffuse and long-standing social movement and offer readers a way to get involved. In addition to highlighting voices from PBPs throughout the United States, the volume also includes essays, images, and artwork from independent bookstore owners, formerly and currently incarcerated folks, activists, artists, journalists, volunteers, organizers, and scholars"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Prisoners Books and reading United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Book donations United States.
Added Entry, Personal Name Marquis, Moira, editor.
Added Entry, Personal Name Marquis, Dave "Mac", editor.

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