Breaking out: in fiction and nonfiction, new books are ending the silence on life in prison, as well as societal policies and personal behaviors that put people there.
Black Issues Book Review › Vol. 7 Nbr. 2, March 2005
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Breaking out: in fiction and nonfiction, new books are ending the silence on life in prison, as well as societal policies and personal behaviors that put people there.
After being released from prison in 1936, Chester Himes tried to publish a manuscript based on his personal experience there. Publishers rejected the material, which dealt with then forbidden topics such as corrupt guards, racism, casual violence and sex and love between men. This was ...
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