ARTCRAFT BUILDING NONPROFIT ORG. 2570 SUPERIOR AVENUE US POSTAGE SUITE 203 PAID CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114 PERMIT #4248 MUSE IS THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE LIT WWW.THE-LIT.ORG CLEVELAND, OH ISSN 1942-275X 07 M U S E I S THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE LIT 9 771942 275009 WORDS+IMAGES JULY 25-30 A writing workshop for students entering grades 10, 11, and 12 www.hb.edu/young_writers PRESENTED BY ISSUE06.10 MUSE IS THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE LIT We’ve all been there: Trapped, imprisoned. Some by bars. VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 JUN 2010 Some by substance. Some by people. Imprisoned is a bad place. It strips us of humanity, creativity, altruism, self-love. JUDITH MANSOUR Editor/Publisher Words, music, and images—art—can be a way out, though.
[email protected] In March, I met with some friends who have begun a new TIM L ACHINA nonprofit organization called Jail Guitar Doors. Yep, the Design Director
[email protected] same name as the song by the Clash, written for guitarist Wayne Kramer of the MC5 during his prison stay in the 1980s. DAVID MEGENHARDT Founded by Wayne and Margaret Kramer, and Billy Bragg, Jail Managing Editor
[email protected] Guitar Doors gets guitars to prison inmates so that those who are inclined have a creative release—one that doesn’t involve R AY M C NIECE drugs, violence, or other bad behavior. They have been met Poetry Editor
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