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Posts Tagged: American prison system

Conversations with Literary Ex-Cons: Samuel Barlow

By Cullen Thomas

December 2nd, 2019

Writer Samuel Barlow talks with Cullen Thomas in the prison where he was held for half a century.

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Spotlight: The Rumpus Review of Panthers in the Hole

By Brandon Hicks

June 28th, 2016

Brandon Hicks reviews Panthers in the Hole, a new graphic novel from by Bruce and David Cénou.

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Tags: Albert Woodfox, American prison system, Amnesty International, Angola Prison, brandon hicks, Bruce Cenou, comic book, Comics, David Cenou, documentary, French, graphic novel, Herman Wallace, hero, Inmates, Jack Kirby, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Olivia Taylor Smith, Panthers in the Hole, prison, protagonist, Robert King, solitary confinement, translation

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