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| Parchman inmates tapping their inner author |
| By clarionledger.com- Mark H. Stowers |
| Published: 06/10/2016 |
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Good Mornin’! Good Mornin’! In the summers of my youth, I spent time at Parchman prison. But the only stripes I wore were long green ones on each pant leg of my little league baseball uniform. In the 1970s, we’d trek to North Sunflower county and roll through the gates and a man with a shotgun would wave my momma’s station wagon through after a brief explanation of the impending baseball game that day. I don’t remember how many we won or how many we lost but I remember being a bit scared until we hit the field. Back then they sold snacks in the women’s barracks at the prison. We’d buy Nabs and a coke after the game and head back home after a longer stop at the Mecca Drive Inn. These days Louis Bourgeois trapes through those same gates but not with a baseball glove or bat. No, he’s armed with pencils, paper and creativity. Laptops and computers aren’t allowed, so he teaches old school style. Bourgeois, the owner of Vox Press in Oxford, travels to the Delta once a week for a three-hour class, the Mississippi Prison Writes Initiative. Read More. |
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