Words vs. Bars: How Prison Poets Escape
Locked up for month, years, or decades.\xa0\xa0Poetry is form of self-expression that\u2019s become vital to the incarcerated.\xa0\xa0In Prison, Poetry can keep you sane, and help you move towards a better future.\xa0\xa0To mark National Poetry Month, we bring you a special production by the Prison Poetry Workshop. We go from California\u2019s San Quentin prison, to a group of Alabama prison poets. And we\u2019ll meet a legendary prison poet of the 1960\u2019s who helped spark a literary movement.
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\nFeaturing: \xa0Andrew Gazzeny, San Quentin prisoner poet;\xa0Etheridge Knight, formerly incarcerated poet;\xa0Janice Knight-Mooney, Etheridge\u2019s sister;\xa0James Depp, poet and friend of Etheridge;\xa0Melba Boyd, former Broadside Press employee;\xa0Ira Smith, Guy Carter, AJ Payne, Sarge Daniels, Calvin Green, Staton Correctional Facility poets;\xa0Keyes Stevens, Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project facilitator;\xa0Dwayne Betts,\xa0formerly incarcerated poet