#76 – Summer 2022

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Tribute to Prisoner Express | Conversation with Gary Fine

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Tribute to Prisoner Express

Conversation with
Gary Fine

The Summer 2022 issue of Rattle features a Tribute to Prisoner Express, a non-profit program based in Ithaca, New York, which sends books into prisons, allowing prisoners to communicate with each other creatively through a newsletter. Last year, Elizabeth S. Wolf donated her Rattle Chapbook Prize-winning collect, Did You Know?, to the program, and encouraged participants to write chapbooks of their own. The resulting poems were so powerful we had to share. The issue includes an introduction by Elizabeth, and a conversation with the program’s director, Gary Fine, where we discuss the profound role expressive writing can play in rehabilitation.

The open section features the usual wide range of poetry from 24 poets.

 

Prisoner Express

Elizabeth S. Wolf Introduction
Robert Andrew Bartlett Sr. Pamela’s Query
Shaun Duane Blake The Walk
Escape
Jorge Luis Corella Nana
Matthew Feeney Phone Sox
Cesar Hernandez from Nobody Cares
Cory Lambing Behind the Wall
Scott Madoulet Burnt
Frank Olms Miss Miranda
Is That a Bug in My Drink?
Keith Pertusio Pratikriyasana
Rolf Rathmann Through New Year’s Eve
Doon Saetern Gaps in Résumé
James Stevahn A Time to Heal
Andre D. Underwood Kalifornia
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Open Poetry

Nicelle Davis Honey Pot
William Virgil Davis Overheard
Audio Available Kristina Erny Bad Friday
Mark Fitzpatrick Under the Bo Tree
David Galloway Thought, on Viewing Zinaida Serebriakova’s …
Audio Available Lola Haskins The Very Fortunate Girl
Audio Available Emily Ruth Hazel Out There
Audio Available Alexis V. Jackson What We Carry off the Sea …
Audio Available Shawn Jones Soprano from the Junior Choir at the Protest
Laura Judge Speculation at 50
Audio Available Lynne Knight The Warm Bed
Audio Available Milica Mijatovič Pedestrian Bridge over the Train Tracks …
Abby E. Murray A Note from Your Friendly Poetry Instructor
Audio Available Valerie Nies He Asks About My Kinks
Eri Okoye My Mother’s Son
Audio Available Kathryn Paulson Coal Smoke
Audio Available Erin Redfern Crosswalk
Mather Schneider Uncle Neto
Audio Available George J. Searles The First Annual AHS Wipeout 5K Run
Audio Available Maia Siegel Elites
Audio Available Elizabeth Spenst Poem for Myself
Audio Available Susan Vespoli Orange
Audio Available Wendy Videlock On the Practice of Opine
Audio Available Arhm Choi Wild One Good Memory
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Conversation

Gary Fine
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Cover Art

Neena Sethia