Changing Women's Lives Through Literature.

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  • Author(s): Trounstine, Jean
  • Source:
    Women's Review of Books. May/Jun20152015, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p27-29. 3p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Women prisoners; Literature; Carrasquillo, Melissa; Probation; Reading promotion; Vocational education
    • Abstract:
      An essay on an American woman named Melissa Carrasquillo who underwent semester-long reading program in Massachusetts called Changing Lives Through Literature (CTL) is presented. Topics include CTL as a condition of Carrasquillo's three-year probation sentence, CTL's founders including U.S. Judge Robert Kane and University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Professor Robert Waxler, and the power of literature to transform with the process of reading leading to reflection.