When the Smoke Cleared: Attica Prison Poems and Journal Vlerk Ze lezen als bekentenissen

Ze lezen als bekentenissen

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When the Smoke Cleared: Attica Prison Poems and Journal Vlerk Ze lezen als bekentenissenCeles Tisdale Following the Attica prison uprising in September 1971, Celes Tisdalea poet and then professor at Buffalo State Collegebegan leading poetry workshops with those incarcerated at Attica. Tisdales workshop created a space of radical Black creativity and solidarity, in which poets who lived through the uprising were able to turn their experiences into poetry. The poems written by Tisdales students were published as Betcha Aint: Poems from