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Emile DeWeaver

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Emile DeWeaver grew up in the Bay Area, but he's been serving a life sentence in state prison since he was 18 years old. 36 years old now, he's a columnist for Easy Street Magazine, a film critic for San Quentin News, and a 2015 Pushcart Award nominee. He's a member of Prison Renaissance, a movement of incarcerated artists who through artistic expression experienced a rebirth of the humanity they'd once lost. These writer, artists, journalists, and stage performers have dedicated their talents to rewriting the false narratives around Incarcerated-Americans in an attempt to end mass incarceration. Emile's creative works are published in Upstreet: Number Eleven, Frigg, Kill the Angel, Punchel's, Lascaux Review, Dr. T.J. Eckleburg Review, Drunk Monkeys, and Ignatian Review.

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