As the semester draws to a close, I wanted to share some of the many lessons I’ve learned during my time at APBP: One book can change the course of a person’s life. Letter after letter describes the impact of…
Appalachian Prison Book Project
Morgantown High English Class Visits APBP
A class of Morgantown High students chose APBP as their service-learning site for spring 2018--and we are so glad! After learning about the educational mission of APBP, they spent last Wednesday at the Aull Center responding to letters. Many thanks…
Emma Harrison named Truman Scholar!
WVU Junior Emma Harrison has been named a Truman Scholar! Emma was a student in Katy Ryan's WVU Inside-Out class (Justice and Literature) in the fall of 2017. She is dedicated to higher education in prison and will be doing an…
2018 Summit
Elissa Momen guiding APBP members through a breathing meditation to begin an all-day working session. From 9:00 - 4:00 on April 7, 2018, volunteers, interns, and board members worked on the future of APBP. We have lots of new…
April 7 Planning Session!
This Saturday, APBP is having an open, informal, all-day planning session. 9:00 - 4:00 in the Shenandoah Room in the Mountainlair (first floor by the post office). Everyone is welcome! We will be talking about how to strengthen our efforts,…
APBP’s First Work-Study Student
Kristin DeVault is a sophomore at West Virginia University, who grew up in Mason County, West Virginia. Kristin transferred to WVU last semester from Fairmont State to pursue a degree in Social Work and minors in Communications and American Politics…
donation from Tucker county!
Grateful to AmeriCorps and friends from Thomas, WV, who organized a book drive and dropped off loads of material (over 800 books!) that APBP needs, including dictionaries & legal guides. They persevered through rain & snow to do good work!…
what does it mean to do time?
Last week the women's prison book club talked about We're All Doing Time, a guide from the 1970s about meditation, yoga, struggle, what it means to be calm and to be free. It was beautiful.
a history of books
The first page of APBP's first notebook of outgoing mail, followed by the first page of APBP's most recent notebook (volume 4!) We've been doing this for 13 years and have mailed over 25,000 books and really like this tiger.
APBP’s New Podcast
Listen to the first episode of APBP's new podcast, "Contact Across the Divide," featuring stories from APBP and West Virginia Innocence Project volunteers and exploring stories about what facilities, limits, and motivates contact with incarcerated populations. Contact Across the Divide:…