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04/11 2025
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03/25 2025
The Great Book Quest

The Great Book Quest

The steady decline in reading is a pattern I’ve noticed over the last 13 years I have been at San Quentin. That made me wonder how much the collection had also changed. And so began a quest to locate the library’s most-read books.

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03/07 2025
When Words Fail

When Words Fail

It was 1981; I was 10 and friendless. To be fair, I longed to hang out with my peers, to laugh with instead of being laughed at. Instead, I hung out where I felt most comfortable — the school library.

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