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Author Poor, Nigel, 1963-

Title This is ear hustle : unflinching stories of everyday prison life / Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Crown, [2021]
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  365.973 POO    DUE 05-06-24
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Description 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary "From the co-creators and co-hosts of the Peabody- and Pulitzer-nominated podcast comes this illuminating view of prison life, as told by presently and formerly incarcerated people. The United States locks up more people per capita than any other nation in the world--600,000 each year and 2.3 million in total. The acclaimed podcast Ear Hustle, named after the prison term for eavesdropping, gives voice to that ever-growing prison population. Co-created for the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX by visualartist Nigel Poor and inmate Earlonne Woods, who was serving thirty-one years to life before his sentence was commuted in 2018, Ear Hustle was launched in the basement media lab of California's San Quentin State Prison. As the first podcast created and produced entirely within prison, it has since been globally lauded for the rare access and perspective it contributes to the conversation about incarceration. Now, in their first book, Poor and Woods present unheard stories that delve deeper into the experiences of incarceration and share their personal paths to San Quentin as well as how they came to be co-creators. This unprecedented narrative, enhanced by forty original black-and-white illustrations, reveals the spectrum of humanity of those in prison and navigating post-incarceration. Bringing to the page the same insight, balance, and charismatic rapport that has distinguished their podcast, Poor and Woods illuminate the full--and often surprising--realities of prison life. With characteristic candor and humor, their portrayals include unexpected moments of self-discovery, unlikely alliances, and many ingenious work-arounds. One personal narrative at a time, framed by Poor's and Wood's distinct perspectives, This Is Ear Hustle tells the real lived experience of the criminal justice system"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Part I: Let's do this ; Earlonne ; Nigel ; Ear hustle; Part II: We're gonna take you inside ; Prison 101 ; Objects ; Alliances ; Memory ; Family ; Three strikes ; Part III: Inside out ; Commutation ; With and without ; Locked out ; Inked ; This guy here
Subject California State Prison at San Quentin.
Prisons -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Added Author Woods, Earlonne.
Added Title Unflinching stories of everyday prison life
ISBN 9780593238868
0593238869
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