Finding a Voice: The Practice of Changing Lives Through Literature

by Jean Trounstine and Robert Waxler

Disturbed by the lack of real success of prisons in reforming offenders, Robert Waxler, an English professor, and Judge Robert Kane, a former Massachusetts District Court justice, created Changing Lives Through Literature (CLTL)--an educational initiative for criminal offenders based on the idea that studying literature can transform lives. Since its founding in 1991, CLTL has won numerous awards and been featured in national media outlets like The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047203040X
• ISBN13: 9780472030408
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"