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Post by librarylady on Apr 17, 2018 22:32:27 GMT
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Post by MaryMary on Apr 17, 2018 22:54:37 GMT
That was sweet and heartbreaking and so poignant. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by ellen on Apr 17, 2018 23:14:36 GMT
My sister-in-law teaches in a prison. Her students love to be read to. One of their favorites was "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. Great book.
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 17, 2018 23:21:26 GMT
Wonderful story. Children's books are for everyone, aren't they? I still have many of mine 50 years later - some I got from Scholastic! And I still love to read them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 23:34:35 GMT
Boo, it won't let me read unless I sign up.
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Post by ginacivey on Apr 17, 2018 23:38:04 GMT
My sister-in-law teaches in a prison. Her students love to be read to. One of their favorites was "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. Great book. This is one of my favorites as well |
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Post by laureljean on Apr 18, 2018 0:31:34 GMT
How beautiful-- Thank you. I got a little teary when I read the part about the man saying no one had ever read to him.
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Post by birukitty on Apr 18, 2018 19:46:37 GMT
Wonderful article. Thanks so much for posting this. I am very grateful to have had parents who are both readers and read to me when I was a child. I felt so sorry for the men in the article, especially the one who said he'd never been read to.
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Post by librarylady on Apr 18, 2018 19:57:04 GMT
Boo, it won't let me read unless I sign up. Try again. I didn't have to sign up or anything. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 2:36:33 GMT
Boo, it won't let me read unless I sign up. Try again. I didn't have to sign up or anything. Just did. I have to sign up to read it. |
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Post by schizo319 on Apr 19, 2018 20:31:51 GMT
That was a lovely story - thank you for sharing. I was surprised to see that it was in Alabama, living here, I don't tend to see us as very progressive when it comes to helpful programs in prisons.
I've been interested in incarceration reform for a few years now (ever since discovering Liberation Prison Yoga) and I'm in awe of those who are willing and able to go into these places to do such important work. As a matter of fact, just yesterday I just discovered "Ear Hustle" a podcast out of San Quentin that is fascinating. I think it's so important that as a society we begin to see these incarcerated men and women as human beings instead of simply slapping the label "criminal" on them and leaving them to rot.
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