Crystal Wilkinson 1 Poem

Crystal Wilkinson 32 Carsen Bryant

I hate that she always reminds me of all she’s done for Love.

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo 1 Yolanda Herrejon

You called it cutting apart, I called it a song.

Michele Scott

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Within these moments of observation, I am not thinking about this place . . . I’m distracted from the truth that another year has passed in this place.

The “Writing Freedom Fellowship” supports the notable and necessary works of writers impacted by the criminal legal system. 

Fellowships for System-Impacted Writers 

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Freedom, Put in Writing

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

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