This edited collection of essays, poems, plays, and visual art foregrounds the voices of formerly and currently incarcerated individuals. In these chapters, you will read about the role of literacy before, during, and after incarceration. These powerful narratives humanize the complexities of lives impacted by mass incarceration policies and practices. As you encounter these poignant testimonies of the ways the written word transforms and liberates, we invite you to reflect on your preconceptions and beliefs about the role of carceral institutions in a just society
Flying Kites (eBook)
Mikel W. Cole, Ph.D. in Literacy, Language, and Culture from Vanderbilt University. Currently an Associate Professor of Bilingual/ESL Education at the University of Houston
Stephanie M. Madison, Ph.D. in Literacy, Language, and Culture from Clemson University (also current affiliation)
Adam Henze, Ph.D. in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education from Indiana University (also current affiliation)
Jim Sosnowski, Ph.D. in Language and Literacy from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (also current affiliation)
