International Prison Writing

May 21, 2007 10:32 AM

The current edition of Words Without Borders features a striking array of current and historical writing by prisoners held in such countries as Albania, Syria, Finland, Spain, and Argentina. previously on mefi
posted by Rumple (5 comments total)

Material from this site has been linked before on metafilter but the current front page assemblage is a really fine collection of writing.
posted by Rumple at 10:34 AM on May 21, 2007

"Dark and lonely on a summer's night
Kill my landlord
Kill my landlord
Watchdog barking
Do he bite?
Kill my landlord
Kill my landlord
Slip in his window
Break his neck
Then his house
I start to wreck
Got no reason
What the heck
Kill my Landlord
Kill my landlord
C-I-L-L
my l a n d l o r d"
/tyrone (eddie murphy) green

/If shakespeare were alive today...he'd be behind bars.
posted by exparrot at 12:00 PM on May 21, 2007

thanks for this, Rumple...it's good to read these folks.
posted by amberglow at 6:14 PM on May 21, 2007

Thanks, Rumple.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:46 PM on May 21, 2007

NYTimes has a video thing from Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly--former inmates and guards speaking--in sidebar on the left here
posted by amberglow at 7:27 AM on May 23, 2007