Life: Learning Instructions for Everyone...in Prison & Out - Softcover

Smith II, Phillip Vance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 099611629X ISBN 13: 9780996116299

Publisher: Bleakhouse Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

In this debut collection, Phillip Vance Smith II shows us the profound consequences of a life-without-parole sentence. With quiet power, his poems examine trauma and inhumane treatment yet unearth hope for himself and for us all.

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About the Author

Phillip Vance Smith, II, is the editor of The Nash News, the longest-running prison periodical in North Carolina, and the co-editor of Compassion, a newsletter by and for incarcerated individuals. He spearheaded the placement of both publications on JSTOR, a digital library accessible to the public. His writing has been published in Logic(s), The North Carolina Law Review, Prison Journalism Project, The Humanist, Walk In Those Shoes, and elsewhere. He has appeared on the podcasts Criminal and Prison POD. He is the co-author of The Prison Resources Repurposing Act, a legislative proposal that aims to decrease prison violence and reduce recidivism by giving prisoners with life without parole sentences a second chance through stringent educational, behavioral, and vocational programming. Phillip is currently finishing his Associate of Arts degree and works as a visitation photographer at Nash Correctional Institution, where he is currently located. He has been serving life without parole in North Carolina since 2002. He can be reached at phillipvancesmith2@gmail.com. Read more of his writing at katbodrie.com/pvs2.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bleakhouse Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 099611629X
• ISBN 13: 9780996116299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140