SUGGESTED BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS, & MEDIA (1)

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SUGGESTED BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS, AND MEDIA

Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover

The Saviors of God: Spiritual Exercises by Nikos Kazantzakis

As A Man Thinketh by James Allen

(also available on this website)

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George L. Jackson

(also at: historyisaweapon.com go to Enter then under tab “The Long Chain”)

The Hard Journey Home by Sheila R. Rule

Doing Life: Reflections of Men and Women Serving Life Sentences

portraits and interviews by Howard Zehr

Sing Sing (film 2023) Black Bear Pictures
(search: sing sing awards imdb ~ 70 wins, 202 nominations)

Escape at Dannemora (TV Mini Series 2018) Red Hour Films

(search: escape at dannemora awards imdb ~ 9 wins, 33 nominations, including multiple Best Actress Awards for Patricia Arquette)

Think Outside The Cell: An Entrepreneur’s Guide for the Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated by Joseph Robinson

(see also: thinkoutsidethecell.org )

Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing Edited by Bell Gale Chevigny

with a Foreword by Sister Helen Prejean

Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate by Sister Helen Prejean

Dead Man Walking (film 1995) Polygram Filmed Entertainment

(search: dead man walking awards imdb ~ 23 wins, 25 nominations including Best Director, Actor & Actress – Tim Robbins, Sean Penn & Susan Sarandon)

Dead Man Walking (opera 2000) composed by Jake Heggie, libretto by Terrance McNally premiered at San Francisco Opera, October 7, 2000

The Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual from Columbia Law School 2024 Edition

The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men And The Stories That Define Us

by John J. Lennon

The World I Live In by Helen Keller (available for free on gutenberg.org )

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE REFERENCED IN REV. MULLER’S STUDY PAPERS

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

(see also: “New Jim Crow…A Resource for the Jewish Community” in Other Readings on this website)

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

Long Walk to Freedom:The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr

The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose by Chris Wilson

Faith for Personal Crises by Carl Michelson

Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde

Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence by Rollo May

Revolution of Spirit: Ecumenical Theology in Global Context:

Essays in Honor of Richard Shaull edited by Nantawan Boonprasat Lewis

Evil: The Shadow Side of Reality by John A. Sanford

Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice

by Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five

The Shawshank Redemption (film 1994) Castle Rock Entertainment

(search: shawshank redemption awards imdb ~ 21 wins, 42 nominations, including multiple Best Actor for Morgan Freeman)

based on Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption a novella by Stephen King

Originally published in Different Seasons by Stephen King

The Challenge of Crime: Rethinking Our Response by Henry S. Ruth and Kevin R. Reitz

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Nasty People by Jay Carter

The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society by Kenneth Boulding

99 Days and a Get Up: A Guide to Success Following Release for Inmates and Their Loved Ones

by Ned Rollo