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A Free Mind
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg from SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. This is my poem “A Free Mind.” A Free Mind Waking up at 3 a.m. in prisonIn cold sweats Mind racing and screaming in the darkness.Feeling… Full Transcript
Confidence and Self Worth
J. Young
This is J. Young. I’d like to do another piece about confidence and self-worth. In my youth, there were things that I was made to suffer at the hands of those that said they loved… Full Transcript
Captivities pt. 3
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Charley Hughes, better known as Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey. I’m currently housed at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This is part three of my piece on captivities. There is a larger… Full Transcript
Prison As A Laboratory
Joadanus Olivas
I haven’t truly introduced myself since I’ve been on Prison Radio. Let me apologize for that. Hello, I’m Joadanus Jerome Olivas, a 30-year-old who’s on his 14th straight year of incarceration for several attempted murders,… Full Transcript
Spoon Jackson: Poet Laureate Nominee
Spoon Jackson
Spoon Jackson from Rabbits or Realness publication that will be online pretty soon. And I want to give everybody a heads up: it’s going to be ran by a person named Sarah Marie Bartorial and… Full Transcript
On Book 2
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s even more beautiful than book number one. I know Steve is thrilled when he sees it. I know I am when I see it. I mean, it’s just physically beautiful: the binding, the cover,… Full Transcript
Ursula K Le Guin
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Ursula K. LeGuin, 1929-2018. Her name was Ursula LeGuin, born in Berkeley, California, October 21st, 1929, daughter of a noted anthropologist, Alfred Kroeber. But her name is known by her novels, many in the field… Full Transcript
Mumia Abu-Jamal Interview with KPFK’s Rising Up
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sonali Kolhatkar: In a follow-up to our story this May about the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal being heard by the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, we present an interview today with the man himself.… Full Transcript
NYC Writer’s Union Event in Support of Mumia
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To fellow writers, write on. Dear sisters, brothers, poets, scholars, fellow scribes – On the move. I thank you for coming together in New York to add your presence with ours, to add your words… Full Transcript
Today my topic is: The circle of understanding- Danita Corbin’s life. My life started with faith, which is the most important foundation in my life. My mother raised my two sisters and I up in… Full Transcript