From Addict to Artist: The Redemption Story of Certified
By the time I was 11, I was a full-fledge drug addict. Let that sink in.…
by Christopher Hightower
By the time I was 11, I was a full-fledge drug addict. Let that sink in.…
by Christopher Hightower
My father became a stranger to me the night of the storm. I was still in…
by Ignacio Carrillo
It seemed like a dream. I boarded a southbound train to Portland, headed down there to…
by Michael Braae
My hands were sweating, my stomach turning. I had an idea from watching all of those…
by Javier Montanez
The world is a prison. – Goethe If you’ve ever been incarcerated, then you know what…
by Terry Daniel McDonald
I survived Hurricane Katrina 30 feet up in a tree. It was Aug. 29, 2005, when…
by Dino Schwertz
That summer, around 1:30, 2 AM, I lay in bed, up on the third floor, with…
by David Webb
Tommy Shuttle pushes over a big barrel of used motor oil grinning wide —-there’s going to be fire on…
by Christopher Sivert
The highway department tore down Carrie’s bridge last week. It had never been much to look…
by Burl N. Corbett
“The only short day is yesterday.”– ancient American prison proverb In the beginning, the news cycle…
by Steve Bartholomew
