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Author Shorris, Earl, 1936-2012.

Title The art of freedom : teaching the humanities to the poor / Earl Shorris.

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2013]
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  001.3 SHORRIS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  001.3 SH79    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 302 pages ; 25 cm
Contents A prison romance -- In the beginning-1995 -- It's about freedom -- Appalachia in Wisconsin -- Black leggings -- Darfur -- Hawakeer -- A crack in the foundation -- On revolutionary ground -- Yaaveskaniryaraq -- Cervantes in Buenos Aires -- A hole in the wall -- Kukulkan and Quetzalcoatl -- The book -- The happiest person living in poverty -- Ahn-neong hah-seh-yo -- On Puget Sound -- In the beginning-2011 -- Appendix: The Clemente Course in the Humanities®, Inc.
Summary Documents the author's observations of circumstances reflected in a maximum-security prison and subsequent launch of a humanities college course for dropouts, immigrants and former inmates who eventually became high-achieving contributors to society.
Subject Adult education -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Humanities -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Poor -- Education -- United States.
Education, Humanistic -- United States.
Local Subject Poor people -- Education -- United States.
ISBN 9780393081275 hardback $27.95
0393081273 hardback
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