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Don't Shake the Spoon Volume 4 - Reflections

We asked Don’t Shake the Spoon writers how they felt about being published. This is what they had to say…

This is the 4th and final part in a blog series surrounding DSTS. Read the rest below!

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Exchange for Change Exchange for Change

Barz Behind Bars

On October 7th, students performed at Avon Park’s first poetry slam, Barz Behind Bars. Here’s what they had to say about their experience.  

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Daniel Perez Daniel Perez

Five Things

When I first approached the Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami, Florida, nervous couldn’t even begin to describe how I felt. Not knowing what to expect, every episode of “Law and Order” played in a compilation through my head. I mentally rehearsed how to introduce myself while reminding myself every five minutes, “incarcerated person, not inmate,” not knowing what to do with my hands.

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Felecia Theune Felecia Theune

Better Together

As a young child, I remember going with my mom several times to visit my uncle in a prison somewhere in Georgia. I don’t remember much of anything about the facility. What I remember is my uncle being glad to see his sister and her two children. His face lit up when he saw us, and I felt his warmth and his love in what I would later realize was a cold and unforgiving place.

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