Write or Die
Kwaneta HarrisRaw dispatches from Texas women's prisons on how the intersection of gender, race and place contribute to state-sanctioned, gender-based violence.
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Beyond the Rainbow: Remembering Our Most Forgotten
The following is a reprint of an article that Kwaneta Harris originally wrote for Solitary Watch during Pride Month last year.
The fluorescent lights in solitary confinement hummed overhead as I watched my friend Jack’s shoulders sl...
Ask Kwaneta Anything #1
A few weeks ago, we asked Kwaneta’s supporters to send in questions for her to answer, to help shed light on her process and break down the cultural wall between incarcerated people and broader society.
Here are Kwaneta’s answers to four o...
The Stench of Injustice: What Texas Prisons Force Us to Swallow
Kwaneta Harris is an incarcerated writer. She is held at the Mountain View Unit (aka Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit) of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Gatesville, Texas.
They say you get used to a smell. The brain, mercifully...
Forbidden Knowledge
This essay was originally published in Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement, published in 2024 by the University of Georgia Pres. It was edited by Dave “Mac” Marquis and Moira Marquis.
The Lone Star State wants...
We Count Too: Why Women's Health Month Must Include Incarcerated Women
Every May, the nation pauses to celebrate women's health. Pink ribbons flutter. Awareness campaigns bloom. Social media fills with reminders to schedule mammograms, attend prenatal checkups, and honor our bodies as worthy of care. But behin...
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