KATHIE KLARREICH ON DON’T SHAKE THE SPOON: A JOURNAL OF PRISON WRITING – PANEL

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KATHIE KLARREICH, author and former journalist, now spends a lot of time in prison. She is the founder and executive director of Exchange for Change, a Miami-based nonprofit that provides educational and communication skills-building courses to more than 700 incarcerated men, women, and juveniles annually to amplify and bring their voices to the outside.

Born in Haiti, MARIE PETIT-LOUIS is an avid reader, married with four children, a grandmother, and an amazing friend. When not writing, she loves to read, study the Bible, and listen to gospel.

WENDY HINSHAW is an associate professor of English and the director of writing programs at Florida Atlantic University. Her scholarship includes articles on prison writing and prison-university partnerships in Community Literacy Journal, Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, Feminist Formations, and edited collections on prison literacy and activism. She is a founding board member of Exchange for Change, a Miami-based nonprofit that provides educational and communication skills-building courses to students who are incarcerated, to amplify and bring their voices to the outside.