{"product_id":"caged-hardcover","title":"Caged - Hardcover","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\u003eN New Jersey Prison Theater Cooperative\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Hedges\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eBoris Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis poignant play, written by current and formerly incarcerated authors, uses gripping truths and soulful dialogue to reveal the human cost of America's for-profit justice system. The story follows Omar, pulled back into the prison system after trying to lift his family out of poverty, who struggles to maintain a sense of humanity while fighting to keep his loved ones close. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccording to NJ.com, \"From institutionalized racism to addiction to the prison-industrial complex, this is a play about a great many large, pressing social challenges, but at its core it is a play about one family and its struggles to remain united as their world steadily crumbles. Impactful, warm, and unrelenting, this play that began as an experiment turns out to be an excellent examination of the human cost of a harsh and inhospitable world.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor every print copy of Caged purchased from Haymarket Books through June 1, Haymarket will donate a copy of the book to prisoners and their families working with the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll profits from the book will go to a prison re-entry fund run by The Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, New Jersey to help the playwrights secure housing and continue their schooling upon release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe New Jersey Prison Theater Cooperative \u003c\/strong\u003eis a committee that includes not only the 28 formerly incarcerated participants but also six theater professionals, who worked on the script's development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Hedges \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, \u003cem\u003eTruthdig \u003c\/em\u003ecolumnist and host of the Emmy Award--winning RT America show \u003cem\u003eOn Contact.\u003c\/em\u003e He is the author of the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eAmerican Fascists\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDays of Destruction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Days of Revolt\u003c\/em\u003e, and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist for \u003cem\u003eWar Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e. His most recent book is \u003cem\u003eAmerica: the Farewell Tour, \u003c\/em\u003e published in 2018. He teaches in college credit courses in prisons in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 122\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.1 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219371114745,"sku":"9781642590241","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/K1A3b3RPNEJaMWVFNFc5eUNlVHRmUT09.webp?v=1768166046","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/caged-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}