Prison Writing in 20th-Century America

"Harrowing in their frank detail and desperate tone, the selections in this anthology pack an emotional wallop...Should be required reading for anyone concerned about the violence in our society and the high rate of recidivism."--Publishers Weekly. Includes work by: Jack London, Nelson Algren, Chester Himes, Jack Henry Abbott, Robert Lowell, Malcolm X, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Piri Thomas.

Author: H. Bruce Franklin
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 06/01/1998
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.16w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9780140273052

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/04/1998 pg. 203
Booklist 06/15/1998 pg. 1708

About the Author
Tom Wicker covered American politics at The New York Times from 1960 to the early 1990s, when he succeeded Arthur Krock as writer of the "In the Nation" column. He is the author of several books of nonfiction, including One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream, and JFK and LBJ, as well as several novels.