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| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Prelude: Letter from T. J. Granack | 1 | |
| 1 | Survival | 5 |
| Welcome to the Steel Hotel | 6 | |
| Interlude: Ambiance | 11 | |
| 2 | Porkchop | 13 |
| Seventeen Fist Fights Later | 14 | |
| Epiphany | 18 | |
| Interlude: Charity | 20 | |
| 3 | Rapo | 23 |
| A Sex Offender's Account | 24 | |
| Interlude: Vengeance | 28 | |
| 4 | Something Holy | 39 |
| Choosing Sanity | 40 | |
| Interlude: Multiculturalism | 44 | |
| 5 | Childhood | 45 |
| The Shoe Box | 46 | |
| Interlude: The Lie | 50 | |
| 6 | Going Native | 55 |
| Going Native | 57 | |
| 7 | Peering into the Funhouse Mirror | 73 |
| Postlude: Love in the Prison Classroom | 103 | |
| About the Authors | 109 |
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Mohan Gill
reviewed The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison on March 02, 2011
The Funhouse Mirror
I'm a bit torn here. I really liked and connected with the student/convict's writing: TJ Granack's "Welcome to the Steel Hotel: Survival Tips for Beginners," and Michael Collins' "Seventeen Fistfights Later" - are gritty and real and nothing short of brilliant. But I didn't connect with Robert Ellis Gordon's writing, which unfortunately for me, was the majority of the book. Yet the The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison wouldn't even exist if it hadn't been for Gordon. He taught the writing classes in prison where the convict essays originated - and compiled, edited, and basically made this book. I have mass respect for Gordon - bringing anything positive into prison is much needed and unbelievably constructive for those who are incarcerated. It's just that I had hoped the book would have been more of their writing.
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