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  • Shakespeare Saved My Life

  • Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard
  • Written by: Laura Bates
  • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
  • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
  • 3.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Written by: Laura Bates
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Shakespeare professor and prison volunteer Laura Bates thought she had seen it all. That is until she decided to teach Shakespeare in a place the bard had never been before - supermax solitary confinement. In this unwelcoming place, surrounded by inmates known as the worst of the worst, is Larry Newton. A convicted murderer with several escape attempts under his belt and a brilliantly agile mind on his shoulders, Larry was trying to break out of prison at the same time Laura was fighting to get her program started behind bars. Thus begins the most unlikely of friendships, one bonded by Shakespeare and lasting years - a friendship that, in the end, would save more than one life.

©2013 Laura Bates (P)2015 Tantor
Criminology True Crime Women Professionals & Academics
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" Macbeth and Hamlet are the primary targets of examination, but the inmates take fresh approaches to several plays." ( Booklist)

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