{"product_id":"tuesdays-in-jail-what-i-learned-teaching-journaling-to-inmates-9781608688319","title":"Tuesdays in Jail: What I Learned Teaching Journaling to Inmates","description":"In 2011, novelist Tina Welling began teaching journaling workshops for the mostly male inmates at the Teton County Jail in Jackson, Wyoming. What began as a little-understood impulse on her part became a meaningful journey with surprising results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Welling was floored by how much she had in common with the incarcerated: \"It's just that they had been arrested and I had not.\" They talked and wrote about self-esteem, anger, forgiveness, compassion, personal power, codependency. She gave the men one hour a week to explore their inner lives; they gave her an unprecedented experience of intimacy and vulnerability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Replete with the kind of gorgeous writing for which Welling is acclaimed, \u003cem\u003eTuesdays in Jail\u003c\/em\u003e is part memoir, part riveting exploration of individual inmates' lives and challenges, and an enlightening and insightful examination of American incarceration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTina Welling\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eCowboys Never Cry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFairy Tale Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCrybaby Ranch\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the writing book \u003cem\u003eWriting Wild\u003c\/em\u003e. Her nonfiction has appeared in national magazines and seven anthologies as well as in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \"Modern Love\" column. She lives in Jackson, Wyoming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e www.tinawelling.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New World Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50673738481938,"sku":"9781608688319","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e098a25c-13a6-4bf8-99f4-b9ed559c6145.jpg?v=1733842533","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tuesdays-in-jail-what-i-learned-teaching-journaling-to-inmates-9781608688319","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}