num_pages: 368
description: "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 Jack London, Nelson Algren, Chester Himes,Jack Henry Abbott, Robert Lowell, Malcolm X, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Piri Thomas.
language: English
title: Prison Writings in 20th Century America
titlecomplete: Prison Writings in 20th Century America
genres: Nonfiction, School
ratings_count: 90
publisher: Penguin Books