The World Split Open : Writing and Theatre by Women in Prison

Northampton, MA: Cultural Images Group, 1986. [14], 39, [3]pp.; b&w illus. Quarto; saddle-stapled in photo-illustrated wraps. Some moisture warping (but no damp staining) to top left corner of textblock; light edge and corner wear. About very good.

A collection of poetry, prose, and short plays written by incarcerated women; being the result of a "creative writing and dramatics projet ... conducted at M.C.I. Lancaster over the Summer of 1986 by Cultural Images Group of Northampton, Massachusetts." With an introduction by editor Margaret Robison and associate editor Sheryl Stoodley. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs of the writers and/or their staged performances. Uncommon; OCLC locates only 7 institutional holdings.