Voice of Eugene Alexander Dey, California "Three Strikes" Drug War Prisoner: Poetry, Letters, Analysis

Title: Voice of Eugene Alexander Dey, California "Three Strikes" Drug War Prisoner: Poetry, Letters, Analysis

Author: Dey, Eugene Alexander

Publication: Homewood, IL: South Chicago ABC Zine Distro, 2003.

Description: Zine containing poetry, letters, and essays on incarceration, California's three-strikes law, the war on drugs, and the impending Iraq war, by Eugene Alexander Dey, incarcerated for 26 years to life for a non-violent drug offence under the three-strikes law. Dated March 19, 2003. Published by South Chicago ABC [Anarchist Black Cross] Zine Distro, the prison-abolitionist small press that published hundreds of works by and for incarcerated writers. Black-and-white illustrations. Stapled in blue wrappers with black lettering. 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 57, [3] pages, including wrappers. Light handling wear and a touch of soiling to front wrapper. Near Fine. Not in Worldcat.

Dey later won three writing awards from the PEN American Center (2006-2008), published numerous pieces in the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, and worked as a reporter for the Metroactive Newslink. At foot of front wrapper: "The world gets bombs, we get bars!"