Art of Freedom Teaching the Humanities to the Poor

Name: Art of Freedom Teaching the Humanities to the Poor
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ISBN: 9780393081275

ISBN-10: 0393081273

ISBN-13: 9780393081275

Edition: 2013

Authors: Earl Shorris

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The idea came from a woman in a maximum-security prison: thedifference between rich and poor is the humanities. The writer took that ideaand started a course at the Clemente Family Guidance Center in New York. With afaculty of friends, he began teaching college-level humanities to dropouts,immigrants, and ex-prisoners. From that first class came two dentists, a nurse,two PhDs, a fashion designer, a drug counselor, and other successes.Over sixteen years the course expanded to many U.S. cities andforeign countries. Now Earl Shorris has written the stories of those who teachand those who study the humanities, a tribute to the courage of people risingfrom unspeakable poverty to engage in…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/18/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.96" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Earl Shorris, author of many works of fiction & nonfiction, lives in New York & San Francisco.



A Prison Romance



In the Beginning-1995



It's About Freedom



Appalachia in Wisconsin



Black Leggings



Darfur



Hawakeer



A Crack in the Foundation



On Revolutionary Ground



Yaaveskaniryaraq



Cervantes in Buenos Aires



A Hole in the Wall



Kukulkan and Quetzalcoatl



The Block



The Happiest Person Living in Poverty



Ahn-neong hah-seh-yo



On Puget Sound



In the Beginning-2011


Acknowledgments


Appendix: The Clemente Course in the Humanitiesï¿½, Inc.