...Part 3 includes 17 essays. Included in the section is the essay “Painting and Poetry,” in which Major merges the disciplines of visual art and writing, discussing letters written by Vincent van Gogh. “Thanks for the Lunch, Baby,’” imagines a posthumous Paris lunch with Major’s friend, James Baldwin...

...,” shedding light on how incarcerated people produced powerful works of writing, performance, and visual art. These included everything from George Jackson's revolutionary Soledad Brother to Miguel Pinero's acclaimed off-Broadway play and Hollywood film Short Eyes...