Oh what a night!

Oh What A Night!!!!
That is the song that echoed through my mind as we left the prison on Tuesday. Riley and Rebecca had prepared an amazing packet of readings for the women that included great writers like James Baldwin and Eudora Welty.The women also each chose one of the memoirs from the Iowa Women's Archive. I can't wait to hear what they think next week when we return. They also read from their own journals some amazing poems and prose. Y. read a poem about how the days pass after 23 years in prison like a slow motion fall on the ice. We all got shivers. Next week we will begin painting images. Wendy set up our first show at UNI in May!