Overview

In 2011, novelist Tina Welling began teaching journaling workshops for the mostly male inmates at the Teton County Jail in Jackson, Wyoming. What began as a little-understood impulse on her part became a meaningful journey with surprising results. Welling was floored by how much she had in common with the incarcerated: ""It's just that they had been arrested and I had not."" They talked and wrote about self-esteem, anger, forgiveness, compassion, personal power, codependency. She gave the men one hour a week to explore their inner lives; they gave her an unprecedented experience of intimacy and vulnerability. Replete with the kind of gorgeous writing for which Welling is acclaimed, Tuesdays in Jail is part memoir, part riveting exploration of individual inmates' lives and challenges, and an enlightening and insightful examination of American incarceration.

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Praise for the author's Writing Wild: Tina Welling says, 'Writers need nature.' I can hardly wait to introduce my writing students to this book -- and encourage them to write outside, to get a word-tan, to let rain hit their journal pages, and to sit in the elements they are trying to describe -- both inner and outer. -- Christina Baldwin, author of Storycatcher A thought-provoking read not only for writers but for anyone who wants to deepen their connection to the world around them. -- Kyle Mills, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists This book is as delightful as it is thoughtful. Spend a day with Tina Welling in the woods and feel your writer's heart burst open on the page. -- Susan Chernak McElroy, author of Animals as Teachers and Healers Writing Wild is an impressive guide to feeling, seeing, thinking, and writing about the beauty, sadness, and wonder of life. Tina Welling has created a gift for us all. -- Tim Sandlin, author of Rowdy in Paris

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Tina Welling is the author of the novels Cowboys Never Cry, Fairy Tale Blues, and Crybaby Ranch, as well as the writing book Writing Wild. Her nonfiction has appeared in national magazines and seven anthologies as well as in the New York Times ""Modern Love"" column. She lives in Jackson, Wyoming. www.tinawelling.com

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