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True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall
by Mark Salzman
Wow. What an experience. Salzman was in the middle of a novel and stuck in writers block. A friend suggested he come to Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles to observe a writing class with youth inmates. After one class Salzman decided to start teaching his own with unit K/L - the murderers awaiting their trials and sentencing. What came out of it was this book sharing Salzman's experiences with the boys and their own writings about a myriad of topics that will surprise most people. A warning: if you can't handle coarse language then you shouldn't read this book. Salzman recounts his exchanges with the boys and staff and holds nothing back, the language is bad. But in order to accurately share this story he had to keep it real.
This was a great read. Salzman's experiences with Central Juvenile Hall, both staff and youth, will give the reader some insight into what has happened to the teenagers of our time.
This was a great read. Salzman's experiences with Central Juvenile Hall, both staff and youth, will give the reader some insight into what has happened to the teenagers of our time.