Ode to the chair Pablo Neruda (from Odes to Common Things) A chair in the jungle: under the severe lianas a sacred tree trunk creaks, tangles of vines press high, in the shadows bloody beasts cry out, majestic leaves descend from the green sky, the rattles of snakes quiver like…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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