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- Title
BALLADS BEHIND BARS.
- Authors
Barron, Briaan L.
- Abstract
The article analyzes the poetry and songwriting of incarcerated males as texts for critical thought and social commentary using the music of Lyfe Jennings and considering the creative writing of young offenders in the Right-to-Write program at Valhalla Correctional Facility in Westchester Country, New York. It shows the ways in which the texts incorporate techniques and Black Arts aesthetic traditions. Analyses reveal the characteristics of prisoners and the demographic associated with them.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); POETRY (Literary form); SONGWRITING; MALE prisoners; JENNINGS, Lyfe; CREATIVE writing; PRISONS
- Publication
Callaloo, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 2, p403
- ISSN
0161-2492
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cal.2013.0118