Walls: A Journey to Auburn.

McClane, Kenneth A.

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ERIC Number: EJ372462

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Publication Date: 1987

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Walls: A Journey to Auburn.

McClane, Kenneth A.

Community Review, v7 n2 p5-14 Spr 1987

A community college professor and poet relates his impressions and experiences visiting Auburn Prison to read his poetry to inmates. Describes the cruel penological experiments conducted in the 1800's and their residual effects. Relates the prisoners' responses to the poetry of a Black poet/teacher and details individual interactions. (DMM)

Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Personal Narratives, Poetry, Poets, Prisoners, Two Year Colleges

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