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Publication Date
2-2025
Language
English
Description
render, a publication created by Writing and Rhetoric graduate Katherine Nikolau, celebrates the creative work and activism of nine justice-impacted artists, considering how different acts of composing can be healing for people who have experienced incarceration. The nine featured artists create artwork that spans across genres, including poetry, spoken word, visual art, music, theater, and fabric art. At the same time, these artists are also working on the frontlines of criminal justice reform, getting involved with various advocacy organizations and working to heal others in their communities. Through profile pieces chronicling multiple-hour-long interviews conducted with each of these artists, render aims to challenge the stigmas surrounding returning citizens and to instead celebrate this diverse group of creatives and the transformative work they do every day.
Recommended Citation
Nikolau, Katherine, "render" (2025). Project Mend Books. 1.
https://surface.syr.edu/mendbooks/1
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
City
Syracuse, NY
