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Hear Laura Bates (@shakeinshackles)! Tomes on Tap - April 18, 2015 @ 6:30 pm - Mill Street Tavern in Cannon Falls, MN mnlibraryassociation.org/events/event_d…
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Laura Bates
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Laura Bates
@shakeinshackles
Author of SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE; founder of the Shakespeare in Shackles program in solitary confinement.
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Laura Bates retweetledi
Stone walls do not a prison make...or do they? tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Shakespe… @shakeinshackles #BigLibraryRead
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@OverDriveLibs I hope the book inspires others to engage in similar work: Shakespeare or other topics; prisoners or other populations
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@OverDriveLibs Also, I hope the book helps readers to consider their own personal “prisons.”
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@OverDriveLibs I hope that it helps readers to see both Shakespeare and prisoners in new ways.
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@OverDriveLibs This prison doesn't matter. It's the prisons of our own making that we put ourselves into....
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@OverDriveLibs One ‘reward’ has been watching one prisoner, Larry Newton, return to life after more than a decade in solitary confinement.
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@OverDriveLibs One outstanding ‘moment’ was learning that we had saved at least one victim’s life....
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@OverDriveLibs Themes of responsibility; conscience; remorse...are explored in the text and in our workbooks.
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@OverDriveLibs They relate to Mac; debate over interps of the witches; and love to hate Lady Mac. :)
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@OverDriveLibs Additionally, it presents important questions of responsibility and choice that incarcerated readers need to address.
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@OverDriveLibs “Macbeth”. The fact that it is my favorite text may have something to do with that: my enthusiasm may be contagious.
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@OverDriveLibs Great question! Actually, it was my husband who introduced me to prison work, and he continues to lead programs there.
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@OverDriveLibs I'd check out as many books as I could carry (MORE than I could carry). My interests were eclectic: travel, nature, lit..
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@OverDriveLibs Starting around age 5, I would walk 2 miles to the public library with my older sister, in hot summers and snowy winters…
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@OverDriveLibs Great question! Actually, it's my husband who initially introduced ne to prison work, and he is still volunteering too.
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