Creative Writing in Prison

Amy Johnson interviews Ann Marie O'Malley and her former students Akiaz King, Nathan McNair and Michael Dillon. Since 2012 Ann Marie has been teaching creative writing at Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI), a minimum security facility in Northeast Portland. Ann Marie works at the Independent Publishing Resource Center in Southeast Portland. The Center empowers people to publish themselves and she has published 6 books from writings generated by CRCI students in a series called From a Number to a Name.
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