Shakespeare Saved My Life Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard

Summary: A female professor, a super meximum security prisoner, and how Shakespeare saved them both: a testament to the transforming power of literature Just as Larry Newton, one of the most notorious inmates at Indiana Federal Prison, was trying to break out of jail, Laura Bates was trying to break in. Now, a decade later, her Shakespeare in Shackles program has been lauded by academics and prison communities alike. In this profound illustration of the enduring lessons of Shakespeare through the ten-year relationship of Bates and Newton, an amazing testament to the power of.

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ISBN: 9781402273162 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1402273169 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781402273155 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1402273150 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (305 p.)
Publisher: Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2013.

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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Chapter 1: Favorite Freakin' Shakespeare; Chapter 2: The Value of Education; Chapter 3: Breaking Out; Chapter 4: Breaking In; Chapter 5: I'm In; Chapter 6: Newton's In; Chapter 7: Life Inside; Chapter 8: The First Lesson I Teach; Chapter 9: The First Group Session; Chapter 10: The First Lesson I Learn; Chapter 11: Regaining Lost Humanity; Chapter 12: Contraband; Chapter 13: Childhood; Chapter 14: The Tragedy of Macbeth; Chapter 15: Supermax Kid; Chapter 16: The Closet; Chapter 17: My Secret Life; Chapter 18: Tough Freedoms