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16 years since inception.
4A4L - unsensored
60 second house call: 101
60 second housecall: 102
A baby brings changes
A bad year
A bitch slap to Nieztche
A black man trapped
A boy who was lost, and grew up fast
A double standard system of justice
A few thoughts about the cell
A polygraph nation
A prisoner's essays
A prisoner's perspective on the institution
A prisoner's worldview upon the discovery of insight
A rebuttal to: a day on San Quentin's death row
A short commentary on Nordstrom v. Ryan
A singular virtue: "Authenticity within the crisis of confidence"
A tour of prison incarcerational life
A woman's worth
Addendum to previous essay which was a relapse prevention plan
Afraid to love myself
Alchemy
All I have
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