Community Literacy Journal Apr 2008 Open Access

Slipping Pages through Razor Wire: Literacy Action Projects in Jail

Tobi Jacobi Colorado State University

Abstract

This essay explores the intersection between writing studies and civic engagement through the action projects developed in E465: Prison Literature and Writing. Such literacy activism creates immediate opportunities for advanced undergraduates to more fully understand the work of literacy in contested spaces like jail and extends a call to action for writing teachers to acknowledge the possibility of community-based writing collaborations.

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Community Literacy Journal
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2008-04-01
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10.25148/clj.2.2.009492
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service learning collaborative writing literacy studies community literacy
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