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Tribute to Prisoner Express | Conversation with Gary Fine
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Tribute to Prisoner Express
Conversation with
Gary Fine
The Summer 2022 issue of Rattle features a Tribute to Prisoner Express, a non-profit program based in Ithaca, New York, which sends books into prisons, allowing prisoners to communicate with each other creatively through a newsletter. Last year, Elizabeth S. Wolf donated her Rattle Chapbook Prize-winning collect, Did You Know?, to the program, and encouraged participants to write chapbooks of their own. The resulting poems were so powerful we had to share. The issue includes an introduction by Elizabeth, and a conversation with the program’s director, Gary Fine, where we discuss the profound role expressive writing can play in rehabilitation.
The open section features the usual wide range of poetry from 24 poets.
Prisoner Express |
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| Elizabeth S. Wolf | Introduction | |
| Robert Andrew Bartlett Sr. | Pamela’s Query | |
| Shaun Duane Blake | The Walk | |
| Escape | ||
| Jorge Luis Corella | Nana | |
| Matthew Feeney | Phone Sox | |
| Cesar Hernandez | from Nobody Cares | |
| Cory Lambing | Behind the Wall | |
| Scott Madoulet | Burnt | |
| Frank Olms | Miss Miranda | |
| Is That a Bug in My Drink? | ||
| Keith Pertusio | Pratikriyasana | |
| Rolf Rathmann | Through New Year’s Eve | |
| Doon Saetern | Gaps in Résumé | |
| James Stevahn | A Time to Heal | |
| Andre D. Underwood | Kalifornia | |
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Open Poetry |
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| Nicelle Davis | Honey Pot | |
| William Virgil Davis | Overheard | |
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Kristina Erny | Bad Friday |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | Under the Bo Tree | |
| David Galloway | Thought, on Viewing Zinaida Serebriakova’s … | |
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Lola Haskins | The Very Fortunate Girl |
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Emily Ruth Hazel | Out There |
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Alexis V. Jackson | What We Carry off the Sea … |
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Shawn Jones | Soprano from the Junior Choir at the Protest |
| Laura Judge | Speculation at 50 | |
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Lynne Knight | The Warm Bed |
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Milica Mijatovič | Pedestrian Bridge over the Train Tracks … |
| Abby E. Murray | A Note from Your Friendly Poetry Instructor | |
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Valerie Nies | He Asks About My Kinks |
| Eri Okoye | My Mother’s Son | |
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Kathryn Paulson | Coal Smoke |
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Erin Redfern | Crosswalk |
| Mather Schneider | Uncle Neto | |
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George J. Searles | The First Annual AHS Wipeout 5K Run |
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Maia Siegel | Elites |
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Elizabeth Spenst | Poem for Myself |
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Susan Vespoli | Orange |
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Wendy Videlock | On the Practice of Opine |
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Arhm Choi Wild | One Good Memory |
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Conversation |
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| Gary Fine | ||
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Cover Art |
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| Neena Sethia |
