Summary: Keramet Reiter talks about what happens to prisoners who spend decades in solitary confinement; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilia-Whitaker offer some historical perspective on the crisis at Standing Rock; and Sandra Gilbert reflects on the importance of Adrienne Rich and reads her favorite poem. <hr> <strong>Mentioned in this episode:</strong> • Read <a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/237/" target="_blank">an excerpt from Keramet Reiter’s new book</a>, <em>23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement</em> • Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker’s new book, <a href="http://www.beacon.org/All-the-Real-Indians-Died-Off-P1224.aspx" target="_blank"><em>“All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans</em></a> • Sandra Gilbert <a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/a-life-written-in-invisible-ink/" target="_blank">reviews Adrienne Rich’s <em>Collected Poems</em></a>, plus: <a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/four-poems-sandra-gilbert/"></a><hr><p style="">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
