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Cover of Prison Noir

Prison Noir

โœ Scribed by Joyce Carol Oates


Publisher
Akashic Books
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Weight
262 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
1617753319

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โœฆ Synopsis


"A remarkable anthology of stories written by inmates of correctional institutions across America...Most importantly, this landmark volume amplifies the voices of the incarcerated."
--Publishers Weekly , Starred review
Included in Publishers Weekly 's Fall Preview (Mysteries & Thrillers)
"Affecting, powerfully written and arresting literature. Well worth seeking out."
--BRSBKBLOG
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched with the summer '04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective geographic range of the book. This anthology, with stories set in different prisons across the US, presents an absolutely new perspective on prison literature.
From the introduction by Joyce Carol Oates:
"The blood jet is poetry --these words of Sylvia Plath...


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