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Words Is a Powerful Thing brings into the light the works of fifty talented inmate writers whose work deserves attention. Their poetry speaks of 'what really matters' to all of us and gives the reader sustained insight into the role that creativity plays in aiding survival and bringing positive change for inmates, and, in turn, for all of us. Daldorph's account of his teaching experience not only takes the reader inside the daily life at a county jail but also sets the work done in the writing class within the larger context of inmate education is the US corrections system, where education is often one of the few lifelines available to inmates. Words Is a Powerful Thing provides a teaching guide for instructors working with incarcerated writers, offering an extensive examination of both the challenges and benefits.  When Brian Daldorph decided the story of his classroom experiences and the great writing produced by the inmates deserved to be told to wider audiences, he struggled with how to bring it all together. Not long after, an inmate wrote a poem titled 'Words Is a Powerful Thing,' offering Daldorph a title, concept, and purpose: to show that the poetry of inmates speaks not just to other inmates but to all of us.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49741304660241,"sku":"NGR9780700632169","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50705920950545,"sku":"CIN0700632166VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51006195597585,"sku":"NIN9780700632169","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0700632166.jpg?v=1763483554"},{"product_id":"kansas-poems-book-brian-daldorph-9781736223208","title":"Kansas Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKansas Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetry of place and microhistory, which nonetheless transcends the people and events it tells about . . . And while I've never been to Kansas, I now feel that I might have-or at least that there is a Kansas of my mind, a place of lakes and fireflies and small lives. --Laura Chalar, author of \u003cem\u003eUnlearning\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMidnight at the Law Firm (Stories)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Daldorph's eighth full-length collection of poetry is a tribute to his adopted state, where he has lived through the four seasons year by year, in Lawrence, Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKansas poetry blooms in these pages, not only poems set in Lawrence, Linwood, Garden City, and Coffeyville, but also in the more mythological locations of Stony Creek Cemetery, Brook Creek Park, Oak Hill Cemetery and Stull, which, legend has it, is one of the gates of Hell. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are poems about Kansas people: a Vietnam vet still angry at the government who betrayed him; undertaker Zeke Haskins, looking out of his office window at his dying small town. 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His new full-length collection of sonnets, From the Inside Out, might serve as a lexicon for the form, providing every variation of rhythm and rhyme scheme. Each sonnet presents a small verse drama narrated through or by protagonists, mostly ordinary men and women, telling, examining, trying to understand the story of their lives. --From Phil Miller, editor of The Same","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53379542810897,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53379543695633,"sku":"NIN9780939391486","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780939391486.jpg?v=1775477570"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-brian-daldorph.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}