In the wild, a natural hierarchy reigns: the weaker, the smaller submit to the big and strong. Alpha gorilla stands to beat his chest, and all the king’s men zip their lips.
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.
