{"product_id":"solitary-a-biography-national-book-award-finalist-pulitzer-prize-finalist-pgw","title":"Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist) - PGW","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-sider-select-id=\"ce4fa0da-88e6-4f99-ba2b-66311bd5b7fe\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-sider-select-id=\"b0f2b98b-0ca8-43bf-9b6a-2e7da6141036\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-sider-select-id=\"ab137b75-baf8-48b6-b6bb-b6ac224ee79b\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION\u003cbr\u003eNamed One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2019\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Stowe Prize\u003cbr\u003eNamed the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, NPR,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBookBrowse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBookBrowse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAward for Best Debut of 2019\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEditors’ Choice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“An uncommonly powerful memoir about four decades in confinement . . . A profound book about friendship . . . Woodfox reminds us, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, of the tens of thousands of men, women, and children in solitary confinement in the United States. This is torture of a modern variety. If the ending of this book does not leave you with tears pooling down in your clavicles, you are a stronger person than I am. More lasting is Woodfox’s conviction that the American justice system is in dire need of reform.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Dwight Garner,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A candid, heartbreaking, and infuriating chronicle . . . as well as a personal narrative that shows how institutionalized racism festered at the core of our judicial system and in the country’s prisons . . . It’s impossible to read \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and not feel anger . . . A timely memoir of that experience that should be required reading in the age of the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s also a story of conviction and humanity that shows some spirits are unbreakable.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―NPR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Heart-rending . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Woodfox’s pointillist account of an already boxed-in childhood and adolescence in the streets of New Orleans―by his own admission, an existence marked by ignorance and devoted to petty and increasingly serious crime―and the near entirety of an intellectually and spiritually expansive adulthood spent in one of the most brutal prisons in the country (and therefore the world) . . . Some of the most touching writing on platonic male friendship I have every encountered . . . ‘We must imagine Sisyphus happy,’ Camus famously wrote, and such a prompt is the ennobling virtue at the core of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It lifts the book above mere advocacy or even memoir and places it in the realm of stoic philosophy.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Thomas Chatterton Williams,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Wrenching, sometimes numbing, sometimes almost physically painful to read. You want to turn away, put the book down: Enough, no more! But you can’t, because after forty-plus years, the very least we owe Woodfox is attention to his story . . . [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s] moral power is so overwhelming . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e should make every reader writhe with shame and ask: What am I going to do to help change this?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is evidence of Woodfox’s extraordinary mental resilience in the face of relentless state cruelty. The pacing is brisk, with brief stops to reflect on the United States’ mass incarceration of black people, Woodfox’s black identity, and his personal philosophy, much of it centered on the Black Panther Party’s 10-Point Program. Woven together, these strands form an indictment of the U.S. criminal justice system that should be read for generations.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“We have had the opportunity to read a new book called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Albert Woodfox. Anyone who believes in capital punishment should read it . . . We should consider the story of Albert Woodfox. How can you call for the death penalty when you know an innocent man could be in the gallows? Is that risk civilized society can take? Not here, not now. Not ever again.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Art Cullen,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStorm Lake Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[Woodfox’s] incredible story is necessary reading, not only to understand our era of mass incarceration, but the entire history of the judicial system in America.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In this devastating, superb memoir, Woodfox reflects on his decades inside the Louisiana prison system . . . The book is a stunning indictment of a judicial system ‘not concerned with innocence or justice,’ and a crushing account of the inhumanity of solitary confinement. This breathtaking, brutal, and intelligent book will move and inspire readers.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In beautifully poetic language that starkly contrasts the world he’s describing, Woodfox awes and inspires. He illustrates the power of the human spirit, while illuminated the dire need for prison reform in the United States. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a beautiful blend of passion, terror, and hope that everyone needs to experience.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A man who spent four decades in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit tells his shocking story . . . Woodfox explains how he overcame [brutal conditions] despite relentless despair . . . An important story for these times . . . An astonishing true saga of incarceration that would have surely faced rejection if submitted as a novel on the grounds that it could never happen in real life.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an astounding story and makes clear the inhumanity of solitary confinement. How Albert Woodfox maintained his compassion and sense of hope throughout his ordeal is both amazing and inspiring.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Ibram X. Kendi, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStamped from the Beginning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, winner of the National Book Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sage, profound and deeply humane, Albert Woodfox has authored an American testament. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not simply an indictment of the cruelties, absurdities and hypocrisies of the criminal justice system, it is a call to conscience for all who have allowed these acts to be done in our name.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Jelani Cobb, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Substance of Hope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A man who would not be broken. Not by more than 40 years of solitary in Angola, not by maddening injustice in courts, not by beatings, isolation, or loneliness. Albert’s courage, wisdom, and kindness will inspire all who fight for social justice and have the good sense to read this book.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Barry Scheck, Co-Founder of the Innocence Project\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Albert Woodfox’s extraordinary life story is both an inspiring triumph of the human spirit and a powerful call for the necessity of prison reform.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Van Jones, President of the Dream Corps and Host of CNN’s “The Van Jones Show”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Albert Woodfox shares his coming-of-age story with crystal clear-eyed perspective, holding nothing back as he unwraps the unvarnished truth of his life. Deftly weaving the undeniable threads of race, class, and systemic inequities that made his story―and so many similar ones―possible, his journey of resilience, perseverance, growth, and triumph is at once a cautionary tale, a challenge to all we think we know about the justice system, and an inspiring testimony to the power of the human spirit.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Reverend Leah Daughtry, co-author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolitary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the stunning record of a hero’s journey. In it a giant, Albert Woodfox, carries us boldly and without apology through the powerful, incredibly painful yet astonishingly inspiring story of a life lived virtually in chains. He is, as readers will learn, a ‘Man of Steel.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery white person in America \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emust\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e read this book. It should be required reading for every advocate of ‘law and order,’ every prosecutor, every warden, every prison guard and every police officer in America. It should be taught in every law school and every political science class. And any ‘public servant’ currently holding a local, state or federal office who refuses to read it should step down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a citizen of the United States, this book embarrasses me deeply. And it makes me furious.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Mike Farrell, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eJust Call Me Mike\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOf Mule and Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-sider-select-id=\"ce4fa0da-88e6-4f99-ba2b-66311bd5b7fe\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-sider-select-id=\"b0f2b98b-0ca8-43bf-9b6a-2e7da6141036\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWoodfox, Albert\u003cspan\u003e (Author)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"pd-product-id\"\u003e0802148301\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEAN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e9780802148308\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDecember 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong data-sider-select-id=\"7ecf3768-babc-485d-af41-7bb914aff808\"\u003ePhysical Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1.3\" H x 8.2\" L x 5.3\" W \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e0.95 lbs\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e448 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shortAnnotation\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnnotation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary saga of a man who, despite spending four decades in solitary confinement for a crime of which he was innocent, inspired fellow prisoners, and now all of us, with his humanity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis item is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReturnable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44088680054959,"sku":"0802148301","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/0802148301.jpg?v=1719842829","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/solitary-a-biography-national-book-award-finalist-pulitzer-prize-finalist-pgw","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}