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Salah-El, Tiyo Attallah : Pen Pal: Prison Letters from a Free Spir
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781682193044
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Pen Pal : Prison Letters from a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row
- Publisher
- Or Books, LLC
- Genre
- Political Science, Social Science
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Topic
- Discrimination & Race Relations, General
- Item Weight
- 0.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Or Books, LLC
ISBN-10
1682193047
ISBN-13
9781682193044
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4050399597
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pen Pal : Prison Letters from a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Discrimination & Race Relations, General
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Preface by
Africa, Mike Jr., Jr.
Reviews
"Between the lines, these letters attest to the transcendence of inner freedom; the poignance of love amidst despair; and the triumph of atonement." --Connie Rice"Remarkable." --Harry Belafonte"A knockout." --Paul Laverty"One hell of an entertaining read." --Dave Zirin"Shocking and poignant." --Nomi Prins
Synopsis
Tiyo Attallah Salah-El died in 2018 on "Slow Death Row" while serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania prison. He was a man with a dizzying array of talents and vocations: author, scholar, teacher, musician, and activist: he was the founder of the Coalition for the Abolition of Prisons. He was also, as is apparent from the letters written over a decade and half to his friend Paul Alan Smith that make up this book, an extraordinarily eloquent correspondent. Tiyo's missives present a vivid picture of the tribulations faced by those incarcerated, especially the nearly 60% who are non-white: habitual racism, arbitrary lockdowns, brutal beatings and hospitalizations, stifling heat and bitter cold. Here too are descriptions of Tiyo's individual struggles with cancer, aging, and the sirens of personal demons. Tiyo's refusal to succumb to such hardships is evident in dispatches that are generous, philosophical and often laugh-out-loud funny. Through them we learn of his many friendships, including those with the historian Howard Zinn, a range of activist/advocate supporters on the outside, and two fellow people in prison who were leaders of the Black liberation group MOVE. At a time when the appalling racial bias of America's police and criminal justice system is under the spotlight as never before, Pen Pal is both a vital intervention and moving portrait of someone whose physical confinement could never extinguish an extraordinary free spirit., Tiyo Attallah Salah-El died in 2018 on "Slow Death Row" while serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania prison. Tiyo was initially in correspondence with the renowned historian Howard Zinn (author of A People's History of the United States) who introduced Tiyo to his agent Paul Allan Smith. Tiyo's letters to Paul have been compiled in this book. Despite the tribulations of incarceration, Tiyo's dispatches are humorous, philosophical and poetic. At a time when the appalling racial bias of America's police and criminal justice system is under the spotlight as never before, Pen Pal is both a vital intervention and moving portrait of someone whose physical confinement could never extinguish an extraordinary free spirit. Tiyo was an author, scholar, teacher, musician, and activist. He was the founder of the Coalition for the Abolition of Prisons.
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