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Featured Writers & Publications from
Our Network

Please enjoy these publications from writers in our network!

Featuring Shamah ShaRize
Artistic Director, Time Out of Joint
Herstory Beyond Bars Fellow

Introducing Myself

Bio coming soon!

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If My Words Had the Power

A Time to Kill

 

Law & Chaos

All above materials © 2024 Shamah ShaRize

Featuring Amber Darkins
Herstory Beyond Bars Fellow

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Amber Darkins is a junior fellow in our national Beyond Bars Fellowship.

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Complete bio coming soon!

When Are You Coming Back?

In When Are You Coming Back? Amber Darkins beautifully probes the question of what is a memory and what is a dream as she retells the story of the loss of her father from the voice of a very young child, beginning a book length project.

When Are You Coming Back © 2024 Amber Darkins

Featuring David J. Thomas
Herstory Beyond Bars Fellow

Poems

These two poems will be featured in David's upcoming book, Barbwire Gun Towers and Butterfly Wings.

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How Many Times? & Behind George Washington's Face © 2024 David J. Thomas

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