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Annotated Tears


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The following is a collection of poems, the majority of which were written in California State Prison New Folsom's Creative writing class. This class provided an open environment where freedom of expression was encouraged. Our teachers (Spoon Jackson and Judith Tanenbaum) pushed us to challenge ourselves, to bring out the raw emotion of our hurt and pain...even if this expression was hard for some to swallow...for me, having been in prison at the time, for going on ten years, the hurt and pain was at an all time high...not only from losing loved ones while in prison, which is a hurt that can barely be described (not being able to attend funerals or comfort ones relatives) also the frustrations of being Muslim in California's State Prison system post 9/11...Muslims in California's Prison system are routinely harassed by ignorant correctional officers who are influenced, by right-wing media coverage of Muslims, to believe that all Muslims are extremists and are part of some sleeper cell, as if we have some type of secret alliance with Osama bin Laden (before he was killed) or Abu Bakr al Baghdadi (the leader of ISIS).
About the Author: Talib Williams was sentenced to 50 years in prison after shooting a man who had tried to take his life just months before. Talib's motive was fear, not vengeance, but the circumstances in the case didn't concern the American justice system. A jury was settled upon, after every black person had been excused, and those alleged "peers" decided that the skateboarding 17-year old with nothing but a petty tagging charge should spend the rest of his life in prison. Since receiving a virtual death sentence, Williams has striven to rise above prison politics and better his life. He has authored three books while incarcerated, started a non-profit organization, became a respected Imam in the prison's Muslim community, facilitating a healthy spiritual development for practitioners of his faith, and facilitated a toxic masculinity workshop for inmates, which was the subject of a CNN documentary on Soledad State Prison called: 'The Feminist On Cellblock Y.' Talib was offered an early parole hearing for good behavior in 2017 and is currently awaiting the decision.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781720712695
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 230
  • Series Title: Annotated Tears
  • Sub Title: America's Auschwitz Vol. 1: Creative Writing Session at Folsom State Prison
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1720712697
  • Publisher Date: 06 Jun 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 322 gr


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