Books
Cooking with Time
Smuggled Potato Salad, Dirty Pasta, Prison Teriyaki, Hooch, and Solitary Baked Pie! These are a few of the simple and scrumptious recipes in Cooking with Time. A labor of love, written and illustrated by incarcerated folks who find humanity in the everyday but profound act of sharing a meal, and fortitude in recollecting it. This book is also about memories of home, grandma’s cooking, music in the kitchen, and even their painful lives of incarceration.
Whether you’re looking for delicious but easy recipes or insight into the draconian New York prison system and the men and women forced to live under this hardship, this is a must-have book.
There are 2 versions!
Link to send to your loved ones inside prison has orange lettering
Link to read outside of prison has green lettering (this one has a recipe for Hooch that would not be allowed inside).
Write to Reach;
Writing as Transformation
Write to Reach is a new journal that TLNY’s mentors and inside writers use together, and is an attractive writing journal featuring captive illustrations, user-friendly prompts, life hacks, and reflective quotes designed to inspire and lead you on an introspective writing journey. The prompts and images offer inspiration to everyone who picks up this book. This book also provides strategies to build your comfort level with free writing. There is no wrong way to complete this book. Reach into your past, your present, or your future. Write to reach and maybe even share your story.
If you would like to send this to a loved one inside who isn’t yet a part of our program, or you want a little inspiration to get writing yourself, please grab a copy on Amazon.
This book was loving crafted by one of Transforming Lives NY’s own JM Fleming, and we are so honored by her work.
Scrolls from a Forgotten World
edited by Jamel Brown
"This collection is a dazzling testament to the drive and talent of these incarcerated authors, and to the truth that education is the key that sets us free."
Daniel Mendelsohn
Editor, The New York Review of Books