Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison - and How We Stayed Connected (Coming soon, September 17, 2024) Mel Weitsman Publisher : University of Illinois

Publisher : University of Illinois Press

This book examines the identity conflicts portrayed in these works and takes into account the artists’ negotiation of their own status within the revolutionary context by looking at the narrative strategies used to address racial issues within the constraints placed on cultural production in Cuba after 1962

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Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison - and How We Stayed Connected (Coming soon, September 17, 2024) Mel Weitsman Publisher : University of IllinoisA stunning graphic novel memoir about growing up with an incarcerated parent. " Your dad is coming back home." As far back as nine year old Jay Jay Patton can remember, her dad, Antoine has been in prison. Growing up in Buffalo, New York with her mom and younger brother, she's only been to visit him twice. Instead, the two have sent each other numerous letters Jay Jay's letters can take weeks or months to reach her dad, and some never even get