{"product_id":"82189-confessions-of-a-prison-bitch-paperback-1","title":"82189: Confessions of a Prison Bitch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMikita Brottman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eHenry Bellows\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are left with what might be described as an outsider memoir, or simply a document. Unrefined and unfinished, \u003cem\u003e82189\u003c\/em\u003e was written by a man - posthumously assigned the pen-name \"Henry Bellows\" - who died while serving a life sentence for rape, and who spent most his life in penal confinement. Whatever literary aspiration may have motivated Bellows' late-life confessional writing, his text now invites interest for such insight that it may offer (or conceal) regarding the formative experiences and criminal exploits of a repeat sex offender who was also rape victim. In telling his story, Bellows embeds a coldly observed account of carceral culture and the grim reality of sexual violence and abjection behind prison walls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her introduction to this central text and in an appending interview, Mikita Brottman provides relevant background about its origins and her association with the author to frame a more probing interpretation not only of Bellows' \"unfinished memoir\" as such, but of the psychosexual and institutional factors that inform and complicate broader societal narratives of sex crime and the the sexual victimization of prisoners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen we think of prison, how often do we think of rape? The general consensus being, if a person committed a crime, they deserve whatever they get once inside. But does someone, especially a young offender, deserve to be robbed of their humanity, their autonomy over their own body? Male prison rape is a harsh reality willfully ignored by both prison culture - guards, warden, staff, other inmates - and society itself. How can a prisoner ever expect to be rehabilitated in such an unforgiving environment? \u003cem\u003e82189\u003c\/em\u003e is a horrific document, and it achieves the nearly impossible: As I read it, I came to empathize with a man who willfully made others suffer. It is an important work, the unique record of a man who was both perpetrator and victim. \u003cem\u003e82189\u003c\/em\u003e rightly deserves to become a classic in that most elusive of literatures: redemption through unwarranted suffering. This is humanity, writ large. Thank god it isn't you.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -James Nulick, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moon Down to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52463726330163,"sku":"9781735643823","price":27.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cmJ1a1JyWm1YVS9BaDhvYWFDSjdpZz09_c30fd3c2-174f-43c5-aa1b-058fa43ab2d8.webp?v=1759240623","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/82189-confessions-of-a-prison-bitch-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}