oct 25, 2014: the flying squirrel’s “stop mass incarceration” programming continued today with “liberty screams: reflections in poetry and prose on mass incarceration and parole reform.” the panelists were poets paulette swartzfager and pat schwartz (co-founder, with jalil muntaqim, of the auburn correctional poetry group) and activists jean douthwright, emily good and michael argaman. agape towns and his friend dave were able to participate on the phone from attica. so lovely that i received a letter from jalil today telling me about a new, expanded collection of poems to be published in canada, with a 20 page intro by ward churchill. i got to listen to some of his poems this evening and they blew me away with their brilliance and power. free jalil muntaqim! more about jalil’s case here.
