I am writing on July 4, 2021. History rages along toward the 10th Anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, which culminated on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan, in […]
Matthew Vernon Whalan
“Loneliness is Loneliness and Company is Company”: Down and Out During the Pandemic in America
I’ve been interviewing “Glenn” about homelessness for many years. He has become a dear friend in the process. He is in his early 50s. He has been homeless for most of the […]
Whalan’s new book, Doing Time, is now available in paperback
HTR Press and Matthew Vernon Whalan’s new book, Doing Time: American Mass Imprisonment Pandemic, is now available for sale in paperback here. Whalan’s new book explores the lives of those suffering under […]
Meeting the Dalai Lama: an excerpt from Memories, Dreams, and Reflections of THE American Buddhist
(This is an excerpt from the first book of the Hard Times Review Press: Memories, Dreams, and Reflections of THE American Buddhist as shouted to Matthew Vernon Whalan, available for sale here) […]
(Parts 1 & 2) Alabama Prisoners on Learning, Mental Health, and Friendship
(Author’s note: Prisoners were interviewed confidentially for this article.) Part 1: “Don’t Let The Time Do You“ “G” has been serving one continuous sentence in adult male Alabama prisons since age 16, […]
(Part 2) “The Next Level”: Alabama Prisoners on Learning, Mental Health, and Friendship
“X” has been doing time in Holman Prison for around three decades. August, he interviews with HTR on self directed learning, friendship, mental health, and dreams in prison, among other related topics. […]
(Part 1) “Don’t Let The Time Do You”: Alabama Prisoners on Learning, Mental Health, and Friendship
“G” has been serving one continuous sentence in adult male Alabama prisons since age 16, for around four decades. He has been transferred through almost every prison in the State while doing […]
Kilby Prison, Alabama, 2020: Overcrowding, Violence, Pandemic, & the Systems of Mass Incarceration
(Contributions by T. Wilmot) (Author’s note: Prisoners interviewed on the condition of confidentiality for this article, and are identified by letters.) (Updated Thursday, August 6, with comments from the Alabama Department of […]
(Part 3) “I Pray For Everybody”: Alabama Prisoners on God and Faith
“God means everything to me, man,” says G, who has been doing time in adult male prison in Alabama since he was a child, for around four decades, and is currently locked […]
(Part 2) “My Guiding Hand”: Alabama Prisoners on God and Faith
To X, who has been incarcerated in Holman Prison for around three decades, God “is Someone I can trust, Someone I can call on, Someone that have helped me in life in […]