Life Lines

Life Lines is an audio journal of poetry, spoken word, and other creative writing by men on Death Row, USA. Contributors live on Death Rows in North Carolina and Tennessee. Life Lines is about connection. It’s about finding surprising spaces to share endangered, beautiful life. It’s about recognizing our power and our powerlessness to give and take life. We feature three new pieces each week, words which we hope invite communion, however limited and imperfect, with those struggling to live inside state prisons. Because of state laws restricting access to prisons, the authors record these poems by phone. As you listen carefully, let the line static become a reminder of all the lines – race, class, iron bars and barbed wire – we’ve constructed between ourselves. If we allow them, these pieces can open new, shared spaces for us in spite of these boundaries, if only for a moment. Take a chance with us: listen.
Voices that ought to be heard
08/12/2018
We are all human. We all deserve our voices to be heard. The Life Lines Collective has worked to bring voice to the voiceless.
No one is free until all are free
04/03/2018
Grateful for the Life Lines Collective and the courage of these writers. They give human voices to the epidemic of mass incarceration and help us question our place in a throwaway society. In the words of Assata Shakur: We have a duty to fight for our freedom We have a duty to win We must love and care for one another We have nothing to lose but our chains
Poignant, moving
02/23/2018
These short snippets offer a sobering glimpse into our prison system. Beautifully done, every one. Thank you.
Free people free people
12/02/2016
Grateful for the life-giving, liberating words.
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- CreatorLife Lines Collective
- Years Active2016 - 2018
- Episodes45
- RatingClean
- Copyright© 2018 Life Lines; contributors retain the rights to their work
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