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Moira Marquis

Moira Marquis
Moira Marquis, PhD, is senior manager in the Freewrite Project at PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing program; she previously organized programs to supply books in prisons.


Censoring Imagination: Why Prisons Ban Fantasy and Science Fiction

Moira Marquis on the Importance of Magical Thinking For the Incarcerated
December 7, 2023  By Moira Marquis
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“Code words to say what can’t be said”: James Hannaham Talks to a Writer in Solitary Confinement

Kwaneta Harris and James Hannaham on Queerness and the Silencing of the Incarcerated
September 5, 2023  By Moira Marquis
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If prison officials really want to encourage creative expression behind bars, here’s how to start.

June 13, 2023  By Moira Marquis
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