Closer to Freedom : Prose & Poetry from Maximum Security

In this stunning collection of prison writing, dozens of incarcerated men share poems, stories, and essays that celebrate the power of the written word.

For more than ten years, Chris Belden ran a weekly creative writing workshop at a maximum-security prison.Sentences demonstrates the deep humanity of society's outcast, who, in their own words, explore the meaning of time, love, and the world they inhabit.