Editor’s Note: This commentary by Associate Editor Hannah Hohman is part of our special focus on LGBTQ issues in the month of June. Though my TBR list is long enough, making it even longer by browsing new releases, bookstores, and... Read More

A few years ago, I wrote an article about a corrections officer who was doing innovative things with the local jail inmates under her care. She had this crazy idea that if you care about the inmates, listen to their problems, give them... Read More

Alison Flowers first caught my attention a year ago, when I reviewed her book, Exoneree Diaries: The Fight for Innocence, Independence, and Identity, published by Haymarket Books. What struck me about the book was its matter-of-fact... Read More

Editor’s Note: This commentary by librarian Anna Call is part of our special focus on LGBTQ issues for the month of June. Thirty years ago, which is within my lifetime, we would not even have had this conversation. People knew that... Read More

For prisoners, whether in your local jail or in state or federal prison, a book may be the only thing that keeps them sane. The ability to learn a new language, about history, or just to travel to other worlds, can help engage a mind and... Read More

We recently reviewed a book called Liberating Minds: The Case for College in Prison, published by The New Press. What first struck me about the book was the subtitle, The Case for College in Prison, as if a case needs to be made. To me,... Read More

A few years ago, I took a rather unusual writing assignment. I won’t say who it was from because I want to protect his identity. But he was in trouble. Big trouble, and was afraid of going to state prison. I had interviewed, and... Read More

Editor’s Note: This commentary is part of a special focus on LGBTQ books, publishers, and authors for the month of June. I was trying to think about how I, as a straight cisgender male, could introduce our month devoted to LGBTQ books,... Read More