Mary L Cohen, she/her

Our book is coming out soon....

I just signed a @scadeathpenalty petition: Stop the Execution of Freddie Owens in South Carolina. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop…

University of Iowa Professor and Author Mary Cohen speaking on the benef... youtu.be/rsBGHXI01nU?si… via @YouTube

‘How a healthy community should be’: how music in youth detention can create new futures theconversation.com/how-a-healthy-… via @ConversationEDU

#jerusalemyouthchorus Fabulous!!!! pbs.org/newshour/show/…

Great interview about #theinsidesingers documentary film iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-o…

Watch this powerful video from Death Row in North Carolina @rromealone Alim Braxton & Dr Mark Katz youtube.com/watch?v=AZksLH…

@JohnJLennon1 @nytimes @ben_austen Thank you for your review. I’m so glad Old God finally got paroled! Would you consider reading my book? indiepubs.com/products/music…

For @nytimes, I reviewed @ben_austen's "Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change" Check it out: nytimes.com/2023/11/06/boo…

@cambridgecrim @criminology @ShonaMinson @pablohilaire @jimemons @KBurnettHamer @fergus_mcneill Thank you @cambridgecrim !!!

More than excited to be packed & ready to fly to #ASC23 where @criminology is presiding & I’ll be talking about #problemsolving with @ShonaMinson @pablohilaire @jimemons & others & #generativejustice & #music in #prisons w @KBurnettHamer & @fergus_mcneill of course @MaryLCohen !

It was an honor to share my song about being the change we want to see in the world on Election Day! youtube.com/live/r-He-2fC8…

Install Air Conditioning in Anamosa State Penitentiary (over 300 people living in Anamosa units without AC in record heat) and Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility - Sign the Petition! chng.it/xsnBQYx8 via @Change

On Prison Art and Music pen.org/on-prison-art-…

On Prison Art and Music pen.org/on-prison-art-…

#InterdependenceDay let’s practice and celebrate how we can be in better relationship

Install Air Conditioning in Anamosa State Penitentiary and Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility - Sign the Petition! chng.it/cxznTW5Z via @Change

@lizdances @prisonculture Yes! I introduced Liz and A-Rhodd to each other. A-Rhodd and I collaborated on a very powerful collaborative auto ethnography. Finding mountains with music: Growth and spiritual transcendence in a U.S. Prison. Religions, 13(11), 1012. doi.org/10.3390/rel131…

My friend Lyndsey Scott has just released this 🔥 track with her friend A-Rhodd- a prayer for abolition. A-Rhodd's been inside for 15 years, penpals w/ Lyndsey. His riffs and poetry and the chorus of WE DO THIS TIL WE FREE US thanks to @prisonculture lyndseyscott.bandcamp.com/track/over-und…

@traviszinnel I LOVE Braiding Sweetgrass! Have you heard her interview on On Being? Did you know Robin Wall Kimmerer won a MacArthur Genius Grant this year? macfound.org/programs/fello…

Collaborating with Wilfrid Laurier University Press to publish Music-Making in U.S. Prisons wlupress.wlu.ca/News-and-Blog/… via @wlupress #WhatsUP

I received free flowers from Trader Joe’s this week in honor of my new book!

@traviszinnel Yum!!!