Dan Berger publishes introduction to new edition of Concrete Mama: Prison Profiles from Walla Walla

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IAS faculty member Dan Berger published a lengthy introduction in the new edition of . A photo essay authored by two journalists with unprecedented access to Washington's infamous prison, Concrete Mama was first published in 1981 and won a Washington State Book Award before going out of print. The University of Washington Press has just republished the book in connection with the 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Library. Berger will join Concrete Mama author John McCoy, formerly incarcerated activists Ed Mead and Mark Cook, 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell alumna Amani Sawari, and others in a panel discussion and photo exhibition celebrating the book's release at the.