Have you ever wondered what thoughts come to mind when trapped in a cage decades on the end? What sort of thoughts or feelings are provoked by isolation, dehumanization, punishment, or someone struggling to transform their life? Love, hate, pain, sorrow, hope, regret, and redemption–all this and more can be found between the pages of this book.

No Rhyme or Reason: Collective Thoughts from America’s Incarcerated is a collection of random works written by America’s unsung poets, essayists and short story writers. This project is part of a collection of works held in the Writing Beyond Prison “Living-Archive” at Stony Brook University in New York. Learn more about this project at htttps://www.ubfsf.org/100PrisonerBookPublishingLiteracyProgram.