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| Creative writing behind bars: The Prison Writing Workshop |
| By tcdailyplanet.net - Robin Sauerwein |
| Published: 03/06/2013 |
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Who would want to teach creative writing in a prison? Jennifer Bowen Hicks does. And her reasons for founding the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) in 2011 are clear, if not simple. According to Hicks the program works because writing or reading is more than an escape from darkness or monotony for those behind bars. “Art helps us remember and even imagine different ways to live in the world, different ways to live inside our own heart and mind. It engenders empathy, creativity, self-awareness,” she said. In 2011, Hicks contacted “nearly every prison” in Minnesota to ask if she could teach creative writing. John King, (now Assistant Deputy, then warden from MCF-Lino Lakes) answered her request. John sent her to Jim Muckenhirn who was then Education Director at MCF-Lino Lakes. Jim worked hard finding a space for the class, ordering books, filming the men’s’ final reading and awarding them certificates. Read More. |
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