Crossing the Yard Thirty Years as a Prison Volunteer |
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Author:
| Shelton, Richard |
ISBN: | 978-0-8165-2594-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2007 |
Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Ever since he was asked to critique the poetry of a convicted murderer, he has lived in two worlds.
Richard Shelton was a young English professor in 1970 when a convict named Charles Schmid--a serial killer dubbed the "Pied Piper of Tucson" in national magazines--shared his brooding verse. But for Shelton, the novelty of meeting a death-
Ever since he was asked to critique the poetry of a convicted murderer, he has lived in two worlds.
Richard Shelton was a young English professor in 1970 when a convict named Charles Schmid--a serial killer dubbed the "Pied Piper of Tucson" in national magazines--shared his brooding verse. But for Shelton, the novelty of meeting a death-