“The New Plantation takes us into the chaos of Rikers Island, giving us the vivid voices of young men–kids, really–caught in the unrelenting grip of institutional racism. I found it riveting.” –Monica Wood, author of When We Were the Kennedys, Ernie’s Ark, and One-in-a-Million Boy “It’s easy to forget people of whatever age who have been disappeared by incarceration. […]
Fifth in a series of short readings from my memoir about teaching incarcerated high school students in NYC–The New Plantation: Lessons from Rikers Island
