An American Radical: Order Now
Candid and eloquent, Susan Rosenberg’s powerful memoir is a profound indictment of the U.S. prison system, as she recounts her journey from the impassioned idealism of the 1960s to life as a political prisoner in her own country–and reflects on America’s turbulent coming-of-age over the past half century.
Foreword by Kathleen Cleaver, a slavery and human rights expert and senior lecturer in law at Emory Law School. Only $15 inc. shipping, order An American Radical from:
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April 24, 2013
Solitary Confinement
Essay by Susan Rosenberg for PEN America. "Most Americans don't know that the Bureau of Prisons has the sole authority to put any prisoner in solitary confinement—or in any prison facility—for any amount of time under any conditions without due process. While 5% of prisoners are in solitary confinement, over 50% of all prison suicides take place there... This living burial is more than a punishment. It is a form of torture and must be stopped."
Read more on PEN AMERICA site»
January 27, 2012
Susan Rosenberg, An American Radical
Review by Judith Rosenbaum on The Jewish Women's Archive blog. "Rosenberg has written a book that, while deeply personal and moving, uses her own story to make a powerful case against what she calls "the prison industrial complex" in America." Read more on Jewish Women's Archive site»
December 30, 2011
Top 10 Interviews on "Writer's Voice" Show
Francesca Rheannon, host of the national radio show Writer's Voice, lists the Top Ten "Writers Voice" Shows of 2011, among them the interview with memoirist Susan Rosenberg. Read and hear more on Writer's Voice site»
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September 28, 2011
Susan Rosenberg, AMERICAN RADICAL
Review by Francesca Rheannon on her national radio show Writer’s Voice, writersvoice.net (text & audio)
Many Americans would be surprised to find out that we have political prisoners in the U.S. But we do. When I first got the press release about Susan Rosenberg's prison memoir, I noticed that she had been in the notorious experimental prison in Lexington, KY where an old friend of mine, Sylvia Baraldini, was incarcerated for many years. Read and hear more»
July 1, 2011
A Prison Spotlight
Review by Shaun Randol, openlettersmonthly.com
With a prison population approaching 2.5 million, the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, imprisoning more people per capita than decidedly less-than democratic states such as China, Burma, Zimbabwe, you name it. Yet unlike these autocracies, in the U.S. there are no political prisoners … officially. Read more»
April 30, 2011
The Prison Industry, PEN panel 2011
The Cooper Union auditorium in New York City hosted the panel "The Prison Industry" this past Sunday. The panel included Michelle Alexander, John Lonergan, Susan Rosenberg, and Shahrnush Parsipur, and was moderated by Jackson Taylor... See more»
April 27, 2011
Memoir with a Message
Review by D. Levy, jewschool.com
Woven throughout her experience is a growing connection to her Jewish heritage... Read more»
April 16, 2011
PEN Talks, a weekly reading and conversation series by PEN American Center, hosts Susan Rosenberg reading from and discussing An American Radical: A Political Prisoner in My Own Country. Discussed: Doing time in an experimental federal prison; fighting for basic human rights; community organizing in prison; lack of education opportunities in prison and the high rate of recidivism; writing and reading to keep sane. Hear this»
April 7, 2011
Combating torture
Review by Shane Cohn, Ventura County Reporter
Political activists come to Camarillo to speak out against inhumane treatment
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley recently resigned under political pressure after issuing the statement, "What is being done to Bradley Manning is ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid on the part of the Department of Defense." Read more»
March 9, 2011
Hope can stir the near dead
Review by Elizabeth Collins, The Internet Review of Books
This harrowing, powerful, deeply introspective, and at times seriously lovely (in terms of its writing) prison memoir tells the true story of radical Susan Rosenberg who was a political prisoner, declared a “terrorist” and a “cop killer” (although she killed no one) by her own government. Read more»