Breaking Out: Voices from the Inside
Tuesday, August 27 7 p.m.
City of Asylum @ Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue
Free tickets here!
How do incarcerated voices resonate beyond walls, beyond bars?
Breaking Out: Voices from the Inside is a presentation of Words Without Walls, a program of the Chatham University’s MFA in Creative Writing. The program illuminates experiences of the criminal justice system through a night of readings and performances celebrating PEN America Prison Writing Award winners. Prominent local authors will perform the award-winning pieces of poetry, fiction, memoir, & theater written by incarcerated writers.
Performers include a cross-section of activists, artists, journalists, politicians & policymakers. Performances and writings explore common ground in incarcerated and free experiences and reveals the power of sharing ones story.
Breaking Out: Voices from the Inside is presented in partnership with PEN America Center & Chatham University.
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