Corrections In Ink

Author : Keri Blakinger
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250272867

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Corrections in Ink by Keri Blakinger Pdf

“Brave, brutal . . . a riveting story about suffering, recovery, and redemption. Inspiring and relevant.” —The New York Times An electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey—from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom—and how she emerged with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced. Keri Blakinger always lived life at full throttle. Growing up, that meant throwing herself into competitive figure skating with an all-consuming passion that led her to nationals. But when her skating career suddenly fell apart, that meant diving into self-destruction with the intensity she once saved for the ice. For the next nine years, Keri ricocheted from one dark place to the next: living on the streets, selling drugs and sex, and shooting up between classes all while trying to hold herself together enough to finish her degree at Cornell. Then, on a cold day during her senior year, the police caught her walking down the street with a Tupperware full of heroin. Her arrest made the front page of the local news and landed her behind bars for nearly two years. There, in the Twilight Zone of New York’s jails and prisons, Keri grappled with the wreckage of her missteps and mistakes as she sobered up and searched for a better path. Along the way, she met women from all walks of life—who were all struggling through the same upside-down world of corrections. As the days ticked by, Keri came to understand how broken the justice system is and who that brokenness hurts the most. After she walked out of her cell for the last time, Keri became a reporter dedicated to exposing our flawed prisons as only an insider could. Written with searing intensity, unflinching honesty, and shocks of humor, Corrections in Ink uncovers that dark, brutal system that affects us all. Not just a story about getting out and getting off drugs, this galvanizing memoir is about the power of second chances; about who our society throws away and who we allow to reach for redemption—and how they reach for it.

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-22T22:59:00Z
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798822546950

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Summary of Keri Blakinger's Corrections in Ink by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I am out of clean clothes, I cannot find my glasses, my English paper is late, and my pockets are not big enough for all the heroin I have. But I want a cigarette more than anything. I am only ten minutes from where I’m going, and it’s cold outside. #2 I like to be prepared for when I might need more heroin. I leave behind the small digital scale, assorted pills, and my backpack of schoolwork. But then the drugs kick in, and I accidentally nod out for an hour or so in the bathroom. #3 I was arrested for drug possession, and while I was handcuffed and in the back seat of the police car, the pills I had swallowed began to kick in. I was seventeen and alone, sitting on a cement step somewhere around Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. #4 I am tightly wound, a taut rubber band of perfectionism and self-destruction. I am about to make things worse. I have been too out of it to pay attention to my surroundings, and I’ve lost my glasses, anyway, further blurring the corners of this unfamiliar world.

Author : Wayne R Hall
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798838177629

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Short Notes On Corrections in Ink by Wayne R Hall Pdf

DISCLAIMER: This is not a replacement of the book 'Corrections in Ink' by Keri Blakinger, nor is it endorsed by the author. It is rather a brief, yet contextual summary of the contents of the book in details by independent publisher Wayne R. Hall. ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK Corrections in Ink is an explosive and fascinating memoir of a young woman's journey-from the ice rink, through addiction and a jail sentence, to the newsroom-emerging with a determined ambition to expose the dysfunctional system she encountered. An exceptional, competitive figure skater growing up, Keri Blakinger devoted herself to the sport, even participating in nationals. But when her skating relationship ended unexpectedly, her life collapsed. With all the passion she reserved for the ice, she dived into self-destruction. From her first taste of heroin, the following nine years would be a blur-living on the streets, hunting for a vein, selling drugs and sex, finally diving over a bridge when it all got too much, all while attempting to pull herself together enough to complete her degree at Cornell. Then, on a frigid day during Keri's senior year, the cops stopped her. Caught with a Tupperware container full of heroin, she was detained and led into a holding cell, a county jail, and eventually into a state prison. There, in the brutal "upside down," Keri observed callous circumstances and met women from all walks of life-people who would alter Keri forever Not merely a narrative about getting out and getting off drugs, this fascinating memoir is about seeking atonement inside oneself, as well as from the outside world, and the power of second chances. Written in a scorching voice, Corrections in Ink is presented with uncompromising honesty and jolts of irreverent humor, it unveils a dark and harsh system that touches us all.

Author : Shane Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780735223592

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American Prison by Shane Bauer Pdf

An enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform.” —NPR.org New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018 * One of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2018 * Winner of the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize * Winner of the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism * Winner of the 2019 RFK Book and Journalism Award * A New York Times Notable Book A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history. In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background check. Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end. But he had seen enough, and in short order he wrote an exposé about his experiences that won a National Magazine Award and became the most-read feature in the history of the magazine Mother Jones. Still, there was much more that he needed to say. In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America from their origins in the decades before the Civil War. For, as he soon realized, we can't understand the cruelty of our current system and its place in the larger story of mass incarceration without understanding where it came from. Private prisons became entrenched in the South as part of a systemic effort to keep the African-American labor force in place in the aftermath of slavery, and the echoes of these shameful origins are with us still. The private prison system is deliberately unaccountable to public scrutiny. Private prisons are not incentivized to tend to the health of their inmates, or to feed them well, or to attract and retain a highly-trained prison staff. Though Bauer befriends some of his colleagues and sympathizes with their plight, the chronic dysfunction of their lives only adds to the prison's sense of chaos. To his horror, Bauer finds himself becoming crueler and more aggressive the longer he works in the prison, and he is far from alone. A blistering indictment of the private prison system, and the powerful forces that drive it, American Prison is a necessary human document about the true face of justice in America.

Author : Ted Conover
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400033096

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Newjack by Ted Conover Pdf

Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing. When Ted Conover’s request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer himself. The result is an unprecedented work of eyewitness journalism: the account of Conover's year-long passage into storied Sing Sing prison as a rookie guard, or "newjack." As he struggles to become a good officer, Conover angers inmates, dodges blows, and attempts, in the face of overwhelming odds, to balance decency with toughness. Through his insights into the harsh culture of prison, the grueling and demeaning working conditions of the officers, and the unexpected ways the job encroaches on his own family life, we begin to see how our burgeoning prison system brutalizes everyone connected with it. An intimate portrait of a world few readers have ever experienced, Newjack is a haunting journey into a dark undercurrent of American life.

Author : Kenneth Neill Cameron
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1192 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1970-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0674806115

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Shelly and His Circle by Kenneth Neill Cameron Pdf

Author : Nigel Poor,Earlonne Woods
Publisher : Crown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780593238868

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This Is Ear Hustle by Nigel Poor,Earlonne Woods Pdf

A “profound, sometimes hilarious, often heartbreaking” (The New York Times) view of prison life, as told by currently and formerly incarcerated people, from the co-creators and co-hosts of the Peabody- and Pulitzer-nominated podcast Ear Hustle “A must-read for fans of the legendary podcast and all those who seek to understand crime, punishment, and mass incarceration in America.”—Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black When Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods met, Nigel was a photography professor volunteering with the Prison University Project and Earlonne was serving thirty-one years to life at California’s San Quentin State Prison. Initially drawn to each other by their shared interest in storytelling, neither had podcast production experience when they decided to enter Radiotopia’s contest for new shows . . . and won. Using the prize for seed money, Nigel and Earlonne launched Ear Hustle, named after the prison term for “eavesdropping.” It was the first podcast created and produced entirely within prison and would go on to be heard millions of times worldwide, garner Peabody and Pulitzer award nominations, and help earn Earlonne his freedom when his sentence was commuted in 2018. In This Is Ear Hustle, Nigel and Earlonne share their own stories of how they came to San Quentin, how they created their phenomenally popular podcast amid extreme limitations, and what has kept them collaborating season after season. They present new stories, all with the same insight, balance, and rapport that distinguish the podcast. In an era when more than two million people are incarcerated across the United States—a number that grows by 600,000 annually—Nigel and Earlonne explore the full and often surprising realities of prison life. With characteristic candor and humor, their moving portrayals include unexpected moments of self-discovery, unlikely alliances, inspirational resilience, and ingenious work-arounds. One personal narrative at a time, framed by Nigel’s and Earlonne’s distinct perspectives, This Is Ear Hustle reveals the complexity of life for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people while illuminating the shared experiences of humanity that unite us all.

Author : Nicholas Esterhazy Stephen Armytage Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : English literature
ISBN : OXFORD:590457515

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An Inquiry Into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne Collier's Annotated Shakspere, Folio, 1632 by Nicholas Esterhazy Stephen Armytage Hamilton Pdf

A refutation of John Payne Collier's controversial 'Perkins folio' of Shakespeare, informed by the British Museum's research and finding that the emendations claimed by Collier to be in a mid-seventeenth-century hand were actually 19th-century forgeries.

Author : Elvis Costello
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780241968130

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Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello Pdf

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink is the long-awaited memoir from Elvis Costello, one of rock and roll's most iconic stars. Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and had taken the popular music world by storm before he was twenty-four. Costello continues to add to one of the most intriguing and extensive songbooks of the day. His performances have taken him from a cardboard guitar in his front room to fronting a rock and roll band on your television screen and performing in the world's greatest concert halls in a wild variety of company. Unfaithful Music describes how Costello's career has somehow endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal cunning, even managing the occasional absurd episode of pop stardom. The memoir, written entirely by Costello himself, offers his unique view of his unlikely and sometimes comical rise to international success, with diversions through the previously undocumented emotional foundations of some of his best known songs and the hits of tomorrow. The book contains many stories and observations about his renowned co-writers and co-conspirators, though Costello also pauses along the way for considerations on the less appealing side of infamy. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink is destined to be a classic, idiosyncratic memoir of a singular man.

Author : Ilana Kurshan
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250121271

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If All the Seas Were Ink by Ilana Kurshan Pdf

**WINNER of the 2018 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the 2018 Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature** **2018 Natan Book Award Finalist** **Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies ** The Wall Street Journal: "There is humor and heartbreak in these pages...Ms. Kurshan immerses herself in the demands of daily Talmud study and allows the words of ancient scholars to transform the patterns of her own life." The Jewish Standard: “Brilliant, beautifully written, sensitive, original." The Jerusalem Post: "A beautiful and inspiring book. Both religious and secular readers will find themselves immensely moved by [Kurshan's] personal story.” American Jewish World: “So engrossing I hardly could put it down.” At the age of twenty-seven, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce,Ilana Kurshan joined the world’s largest book club, learning daf yomi, Hebrew for“daily page” of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic teachings spanning about six hundredyears. Her story is a tale of heartache and humor, of love and loss, of marriageand motherhood, and of learning to put one foot in front of the other by turningpage after page. Kurshan takes us on a deeply accessible and personal guided tourof the Talmud. For people of the book—both Jewish and non-Jewish—If All theSeas Were Ink is a celebration of learning, through literature, how to fall in loveonce again. Discussion guide available at ilanakurshan.com

Author : Keri Blakinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1785788698

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Corrections in Ink by Keri Blakinger Pdf

An electric memoir that follows a young woman from chasing Olympic dreams on the ice rink, through addiction and prison, to finally discovering her voice as a journalist.

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1089 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192855107

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Ulysses by James Joyce Pdf

Ulysses, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, has had a profound influence on modern fiction. In a series of episodes covering the course of a single day, 16 June 1904, the novel traces the movements of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus through the streets of Dublin. Each episode has its own literary style, and the epic journey of Odysseus is only one of many correspondencies that add layers of meaning to the text.Today critical interest centres on the authority of the text, and this edition, complete with an invaluable introduction, notes, and appendices, republishes without interference, the original 1922 text. Jeri Johnson's commentary guides the reader through this highly allusive novel in an edition acclaimed by scholars and general readers alike.This updated edition includes new explanatory notes, a revised introduction, and expanded bibliography.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008378767

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The Edinburgh Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Saffle
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Liszt, Franz
ISBN : 0945193343

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Liszt and His World by Michael Saffle Pdf

The first volume of proceedings from the International Liszt Conference.

Author : Christine Montross
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780143110668

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Waiting for an Echo by Christine Montross Pdf

“A haunting and harrowing indictment . . . [a] significant achievement.” —The New York Times Book Review L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist * New York Times Book Review Paperback Row * Time Best New Books July 2020 Waiting for an Echo is a riveting, rarely seen glimpse into American jails and prisons. It is also a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones. Dr. Christine Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. This expertise—the mind in crisis—has enabled her to reckon with the human stories behind mass incarceration. A father attempting to weigh the impossible calculus of a plea bargain. A bright young woman whose life is derailed by addiction. Boys in a juvenile detention facility who, desperate for human connection, invent a way to communicate with one another from cell to cell. Overextended doctors and correctional officers who strive to provide care and security in environments riddled with danger. Our methods of incarceration take away not only freedom but also selfhood and soundness of mind. In a nation where 95 percent of all inmates are released from prison and return to our communities, this is a practice that punishes us all.