Founder's Take: What Started as a Dream
It was all a dream. Or not a dream, but a fantasy, this belief that people would get behind the idea of the Freedom Library. The Freedom Library, which, at its root, is simply the notion that beauty and literature matter. That nature matters. That incarceration should not deprive people of these things. To put this all in another way, I’ll say that I was thinking like they thought with the Field of Dreams, that is: If you build it, they will come.
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Inside Literary Prize: First major book award judged by incarcerated people
On August 1, Freedom Reads, the National Book Foundation, and the Center for Justice Innovation, with support from Lori Feathers, will announce the winner of the inaugural Inside Literary Prize.
Freedom Reads founder Betts to receive top honor from Library of Virginia
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts is slated to receive the Library of Virginia's honorary Patron of Letters degree, the institution's highest honor, this September.
At San Quentin, a Graduation Ceremony Celebrates Aspiring Journalists
Ali Mosely writes about celebrating his graduation from the San Quentin Journalism Guild’s training program. This year’s graduating class of 39 men was the largest in the program’s history.
Squinting in the Sunlight
William Kissinger writes about the unique challenges reentry poses for elderly individuals and how he made a life for himself on the outside after serving 47 years in prison.
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Freedom Reads: What Started as a Dream
