Podcasts
Dr. Richard Shelton and Ken Lamberton
- Listen to the entire podcast (01:18:33 MP3)
- Listen to Dean Stoffle's introduction (00:03:09 MP3)
- Listen to Dr. Richard Shelton reading (00:21:37 MP3)
- Listen to Ken Lamberton reading (00:25:56 MP3)
- Listen to the Q and A (00:16:48 MP3)
Outline of podcast:
- Welcome and remarks - Dean Stoffle
- Introduction of Shelton, background: professor at UA, linefrom his poetry inscribed on window of the UA Poetry Center, offers workshops at prisons, nominated for 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Letters for Crossing the Yard. Introduction of Lamberton, background: biologist, Time of Grace is the final volume of his trilogy based on his experiences in Arizona prisons.
- Dr. Richard Shelton Reading
- Reading from: Last Person to Hear your Voice
- "One Morning"
- "Therapy Session"
- Reading from: Crossing the Yard: Thirty Years as a Prison Volunteer
- Ken Lamberton Reading
- Reading from: Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family, and the Politics of Crime and Punishment
- Q & A with the authors
- Q to KL: Why were you imprisoned?
- Q to KL: Where did you develop your mix of skills of biology and writing?
- Q to KL: What do you do for a living?
- Comment: KL won writing fellowship
- Q to KL: Did you meet other writers when you were in prison?
- Q to KL: How many hours did you spend writing in prison?
- Q to KL: Do prisoners experience a profound awakening while in prison?
- Q to RS: Was the anger of the prisoners ever turned on you?
- Comment: The work of volunteers in the prison system.