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Anouthin Pangthong

Anouthin Pangthong is a spoken word artist, a stage actor with Marin Shakespeare, a dancer with Artistic Ensemble, and a Junior Web Developer. His work is published on Medium.

Artist Statement

“Origins” explores the environments and communities that shaped me: my refugee community, my incarcerated community, Stockton where my mother raised me. The people I've interacted with are those who've been cast to the side. There's hope in my poem too, like there's hope in my art.

Davontae Pariani

Davontae T. Pariani is an incarcerated poet in California.

Donna Roberts

Donna Roberts is a native upstate New Yorker who lives and works in Europe. She holds a Ph.D., specializing in the field of Media Psychology. When she is researching or writing she can usually be found at her computer buried in rescue cats.

Ivan Skrblinski

Since finding out the power of the Word, Ivan Skrblinski (aka Juan Haines) has been seeking redemption through storytelling. However, his true power comes from listening and then doing the Will of the People. His first novel, The Barbed Wire, has just been completed. For more, go to brothersinpen.wordpress.com

Artist Statement

The story tells the perils of speaking truth to power in a place where principle struggles to be present.

Biographies & Artist Statements

Credits

Transcription: Camille Griep, Natasha Grivas, Laurie Erickson

Editing: Emile DeWeaver, Camille Griep

Layout/Design: Natasha Grivas

Prison Renaissance was founded by:

Emile DeWeaver * Rahsaan Thomas* Juan Meza

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