Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Jail poetry project profiled

For those of y'all who chipped in to help fund Kelsey Erin Shipman's Kickstarter campaign to publish a book of poetry by Travis County jail inmates, you may be interested in this feature profile of her and her project from the Texas Observer.
Posted by Gritsforbreakfast at 10:36 AM
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4 comments:

Gadfly said...

Per a story from the not-too-distant past, you want to rethink defending Judge Boyle in Ethan Crouch's "affluenza" case? http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2014/08/fred-couch-father-of-affluenza-teen-ethan-couch-arrested-for-impersonating-north-richland-hills-police-officer.html/

8/20/2014 02:08:00 PM
Gritsforbreakfast said...

Gadfly, a) you're off topic, and b) no thank you.

8/20/2014 06:15:00 PM
The Homeless Cowboy said...

I think she has a good idea going here, I don't see why it couldn't be replicated in other counties. I am in support of anything that will help people and I think Ms. Shipman's project to go a long way toward helping those ladies get some things out of their heads and on to paper where they can finish dealing with them and learning about themselves in the process. I think she is on to something, but then I am a words person, as are you.

8/21/2014 07:55:00 AM
A note from Mary... said...

My inmate husband would say Shipman "has a heart of gold". I would have to agree. This piece got my day off to a beautiful start. Thank you!

8/21/2014 08:01:00 AM

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