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Sinopsis
Life Lines is an audio journal of poetry, spoken word, and other creative writing by men on North Carolinas Death Row. Life Lines is about connection. Its about finding surprising spaces to share endangered, beautiful life. Its about recognizing our power and our powerlessness to give and take life. We feature three new pieces each week, words which we hope invite communion, however limited and imperfect, with those struggling to live inside state prisons. Because of state laws restricting access to prisons, the authors record these poems by phone. As you listen carefully, let the line static become a reminder of all the lines race, class, iron bars and barbed wire weve constructed between ourselves. If we allow them, these pieces can open new, shared spaces for us in spite of these boundaries, if only for a moment. Take a chance with us: listen.
Episodios
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#105 A bucket of chicken
15/10/2018I could tackle the whole world like Atlas, with greasy lips and a full stomach.
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Carrying my side of the plexiglass
30/09/2018Almighty Creator, although I’m not worthy, grant me the peace of awakening within the warmth of all of your splendor.
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#102 Conversation with a dear friend
23/09/2018So what we came to find out, basically, is that life is worth living.
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#100 The timestretcher
19/08/2018It's like having a pot dropped over your head and a wooden spoon is pounding the rhythm of the Star-Spangled Banner into your eardrums. You know the tune so well, but you just don't want to hear it.
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#98 ‘Tough on crime’ policies endanger the public
05/08/2018Media reports have cultivated the misperception that the casualties of prison officials is a new trend in violence, not a boiling point of failed policies and frustrations.
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#96 Demons in the grave
22/07/2018 Duración: 03minThe notice informed them it would be a temporary matter
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#92 Beyond the wall (part 2)
17/06/2018 Duración: 04minThe light hurt to look upon. For the briefest moment, I remembered another life. Then it was gone.
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#91 Beyond the wall (part 1)
10/06/2018 Duración: 06min"I haven't been outside those walls in 17 years," I told her
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#90 Refusing to die
03/06/2018Every breath fueled by the underground heartbeat lets a hip hop head know he’s still alive.
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#86 Supervision failures
06/05/2018Overly relying on incarceration as a panacea to crime expresses every weakness of the criminal justice system.