You Go to Jail, I Go Ya’ Bond

Welcome to Eclectic offers long-form ruminations on the diverse modern South, education, sustainability, and social justice. In her poetry book, One Big Self, CD Wright explores her experiences visiting Louisiana prisons, including Angola, with a photographer friend. I heard Wright read from the book at an AWP conference nearly ten years ago – she was a stark contrast to the poet and Rumi translator, Coleman Barks, who gave a charismatic and jocular reading before her – and the paralyzing nature of her work prompted me to buy the book and… Read more You Go to Jail, I Go Ya’ Bond →