The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison - Softcover

Gordon, Robert Ellis; Inmates Of The Washington Corrections System; Collins, Michael; Granack, Tj; Eaglestaff, Duane; Landsdowne, Keith R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874221986 ISBN 13: 9780874221985

Publisher: Washington State University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Gordon's account of teaching writing in Washington prisons is aided by essays and stories contributed by the prisoners themselves. Together, Gordon and his students provide revealing glimpses of this vast, secret-laden subculture of incarcerated individuals, which nationwide comprises more than two million U.S. citizens.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison was a winner of this year's Washington State Book Award.

About the Author:

Robert Ellis Gordon is the author of the celebrated novel Humping Credenzas With The Late Bobby Kennedy: A Convict's True Account.
 
A past winner of the Washington State Book Award, Gordon spent many years teaching in the prisons. In 2007 he received a special citation from the State Library for his writing about hidden populations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0874221986
• ISBN 13: 9780874221985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132