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Marlon Peterson grew up in 1980s Crown Heights, raised by Trinidadian immigrants. Amid the routine violence that shaped his neighborhood, Marlon became a high-achieving and devout child, the specter of the American dream opening up before him. But in the aftermath of immense trauma, he participated in a robbery that resulted in two murders. At nineteen, Peterson was charged and later convicted. He served ten long years in prison. While incarcerated, Peterson immersed himself in anti-violence activism, education, and prison abolition work.
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InĀ Bird Uncaged, Peterson challenges the typical āredemptionā narrative and our assumptions about justice. With vulnerability and insight, he uncovers the many cagesāfrom the daily violence and trauma of poverty, to policing, to enforced masculinity, and the brutality of incarcerationācreated and maintained by American society.
Bird UncagedĀ is a twenty-first-century abolitionist memoir, and a powerful debut that demands a shift from punishment to healing, an end to prisons, and a new vision of justice.
This book title, Bird Uncaged (An Abolitionist's Freedom Song) - 9781645036524, ISBN: 9781645036524, by Marlon Peterson, published by PublicAffairs (December 6, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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