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Prison Writing Project

The University of Iowa Prison Writing Project connects the writing community on campus with prison writing communities in Iowa and beyond.

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Experiencing Covid in Prison

Matt H., Iowa

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God?

Michael W., Iowa

Christian M Adrian-Pelletier

A Specific Gravity

Christian M., Texas

“Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.”

— Octavia E. Butler

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