(Anti)Prison Literacy: Queering Community Writing through an Abolitionist Stance by Rachel Lewis

This article suggests that the framework of prison abolition in prison literacy studies should be developed through the relational potential of queer community literacy practices among incarcerated writers. To that end, the author presents findings from a critical discourse analysis of a newspaper by incarcerated LGBTQ+ writers. Three primary forms of audience address and rhetorical approach are identified, as well as the
opportunities they offer to understand the risks and complexities of writing in prison.

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