Couldn't keep it to myself
Subtitle: testimonies from our imprisoned sisters
By: Wally Lamb and the women of York Correctional Institution.
Contributors: Lamb, Wally.; Women of York Correctional Institution.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Publisher: ReganBooks
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780060595371
Subjects: Women prisoners -- Connecticut
Other titles: AS Drug Information Center Collection.; Associated Students Collections.
Description: "For the past several years, Lamb has taught writing to a group of women prisoners at York Correctional Institution. At first mistrustful of Lamb, one another, and the writing process, over time these students let down their guard, picked up their pens, and discovered their voices. In this unforgettable collection, the women of York describe in their own words how they were imprisoned by abuse, rejection, and their own self-destructive impulses long before they entered the criminal justice system. Yet these are stories of hope, humor, and triumph in the face of despair. Having used writing as a tool to unlock their creativity and begin the process of healing, these amazing writers have left victimhood behind." "In his introduction, Lamb describes the journey of expression and self-awareness the women took through their writings and shares how they challenged him as a teacher and as a fellow author. In "Hair Chronicles, " Tabatha Rowley tells her life history through her past hairstyles - outer signals to the world each time she reinvented herself and eventually came to prize her own self-worth. Brenda Medina admits in "Hell, and How I Got Here" that she continued to rebel in prison until her parents' abiding love made her realize that her misbehavior was hurting them and herself deeply. In "Faith, Power, and Pants," Bonnie Foreshaw describes how faith has carried her through trials in life and in prison and has allowed her to understand her past actions, to look toward the future, and to believe that she will once again taste home cooking."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Originally published: New York : ReganBooks, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351-352]).

Property of Associated Students. This item may be checked out from the AS Drug Information Center, VU 517.
Table of contents: title: Couldn't keep it to ourselves -- Wally Lamb; title: True face of earth ;; title: Orbiting Izzy -- Nancy Whiteley; title: Thefts -- Carolyn Ann Adams; title: Hair chronicles -- Tabatha Rowley; title: Three steps past the monkeys -- Nancy Birkla; title: Hell, and how I got here -- Brenda Medina; title: Christmas in prison -- Robin Cullen; title: Faith, power, and pants -- Bonnie Foreshaw; title: Puzzle pieces -- Barbara Parsons Lane; title: Motherlove -- Michelle Jessamy; title: Snapshots of my early life -- Diane Bartholomew; title: Bad girls-- Dale Griffith.