Piper Kerman's Blog - Posts Tagged "joe-loya"
2015 Brooklyn Museum In Conversation with Joe Loya
The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell: Confessions of a Bank RobberJoe LoyaOrange Is the New BlackIn 2004, during my year in prison, a total stranger named Joe Loya began writing me letters. Joe served seven years in prison for 22 bank robberies, & survived two years in solitary confinement through reading & writing.
Joe's memoir, The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell, was published in 2004 to critical acclaim, & he was featured in the 2007 documentary Protagonist, by Oscar-winner Jessica Yu.
During & after my sentence Joe pushed me to write with honesty and humor & without regard for established ways of thinking about crime, punishment & prison.
https://youtu.be/Dzdq-pVde_A
Here we talk about memoir, prison narratives, & the life-saving and life-changing power of telling your truths.
Joe's memoir, The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell, was published in 2004 to critical acclaim, & he was featured in the 2007 documentary Protagonist, by Oscar-winner Jessica Yu.
During & after my sentence Joe pushed me to write with honesty and humor & without regard for established ways of thinking about crime, punishment & prison.
https://youtu.be/Dzdq-pVde_A
Here we talk about memoir, prison narratives, & the life-saving and life-changing power of telling your truths.
