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Talking immigration prisons with poet Bobby LaFebre

Last week, Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LaFebre and I shared a virtual stage to talk about immigration prisons in the United States. A wordsmith with a sharp sense of urban politics, LaFebre’s art is grounded in North Denver, a neighborhood that has beat with the energy of migrant populations for generations. In recent years, North Denver has also been the city’s gentrification epicenter.

Sponsored by The Word: A Storytelling Sanctuary, a non-profit committed to diversifying the publishing industry, our conversation focused on my book, Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants. But, like in any good conversation, Bobby and I touched on much more. From the profitability of human bondage to the demonization of migration, this was an organically-evolving, free-flowing discussion about the politics of this moment and the historical trends that make today’s exploitation of migrants possible.

Like this event, I’ve recently shifted my book tour to virtual gatherings. Keep an eye on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook for details about upcoming events.

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