Walking in the Rain
Walking Rain Review, edited by Richard Shelton and Ken Lamberton, features work by current and former inmates from the writing workshops. The journal is available, free of charge, at the Poetry Center. To receive a complimentary copy by mail, email your request to poetry@arizona.edu
Poetry Workshops in Prisons
In 1974 the Poetry Center’s oldest community program, the Arizona State Prison Creative Writing Workshops, was founded by Emeritus University of Arizona Professor and former Poetry Center director Richard Shelton. The program brings poets and teachers to the state’s prisons, providing inmates an opportunity to express themselves creatively through writing. Supported since 1991 by a grant from the Lannan Foundation, this program has generated numerous books of poetry and prose, including the anthology Do Not Go Gentle, and the literary journal Walking Rain Review.
