Non Fiction

BEYOND AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Claudia Emerson Through Three Poems on Race

by Philip Belcher

Beyond Autobiography: Claudia Emerson Through Three Poems on Race To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. — “Curing Time”         Claudia Emerson did not write many poems about race. In fact, in the … Continue reading

Some Prison Fiction (Pearce, Highsmith, Greer, Bathanti)

by Sarah Kennedy

Writers of fiction have used prisons as settings for centuries, and prison escapes have long been a feature of Hollywood films.  Papillon, The Great Escape, Escape from Alcatraz are just a few, and who hasn’t seen the rather sentimental Shawshank … Continue reading