What does it mean to be an American soul in a country of unlimited freedoms when your own are stripped away?
This question Autley I. Salahuddin dares to confront in Haikus of Soul: Love, Lust & Confusion. Born from the stark realities within the prison walls of Georgia, USA, this collection captures the complex mix of love, lust, and confusion of a wrongly convicted and incarcerated soul.
From the deep appreciation for life's simple pleasures and the longing for a once-sexual lifestyle, to the disorienting confusion of assimilating into prison culture, it is the bold, direct, and unapologetically liberated haiku expression of an imprisoned American soul.
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