Words vs. Bars: How Prison Poets Escape
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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
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