The Underground Book Railroad: Women Prisoners and the Art of Reading
Center for Print Culture Lecture Series
Event Details
Date
Monday, April 18, 2011
Time
5:30 p.m.
Location
4191 Helen C. White Hall
Description
Megan Sweeney, University of Michigan. Drawing on her recently published book, Reading Is My Window: Books and the Art of Reading in women’s Prisons (U of North Carolina Press, 2010), Sweeney will discuss how women prisoners use the limited reading materials available to them to come to terms with their pasts, negotiate their present experiences, and reach toward different futures.
Cost
Free
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