By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives Paperback Judith Tannenbaum, Spoon Jackson

from snash

This is an excellent book, one that will stay with me for a long time. It is a little hard to classify. It's called double memoir which it is but it is also a series of essays on prisons, prisoners, and art programs in prisons. Those essays pack a wallop because the memoir portion makes specific ...

from Citizenjoyce

There is a saying: "Lux desiderium universitatis: light is the desire of the universe. Judith Tannenbaum's life work has been to bring the light of poetry into the lives of others, from children to prisoners. One of her core beliefs is that "pictures, songs, stories, and dance are a direct expres...

from booksfordeb

A collaborative memoir, By Heart: Poetry, Prison, And Two Lives explores the journey of Judith Tannenbaum and Spoon Jackson into poetry and understanding. Tannenbaum is an artist and educator who has taught poetry in many different settings including the Arts-in-Corrections program in California....

from bkswrites

I've been remiss in recording what this book means to me, a small betrayal of the "early" reviewer program. But part of the delay came precisely because I was so moved from the start that I wanted to savor the presentation. I was actually a bit afraid to go on beyond the first pair of chapters --...

from AObenhaus

Before reading By Heart, I knew little about poetry and nothing about prison. I didn't learn much about poetry or prison; however, I learned a lot about love. Love for your family no matter who they are, Love for the small things in life that make you stop and take notice, Love for people of all ...