Historian Heather Ann Thompson to Speak on Justice and Mass Incarceration

Historian Heather Ann Thompson is set to be a part of the National Book Foundation's launch event for its new initative Literature for Justice. Literature for Justice aims to tie literature and civil rights together in order to open new conversation about mass incarceration.

The event will feature readings, a panel discussion, and a book signing. Other authors and writers, such as Rachel Kushner, James Kilgore, Kalisha Backhanon and more, will be featured as well. 

Thompson won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 2017 for her work "Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy." The work is an account of the uprisings that took place at the Attica prison and the civil rights violations that occurred within the prison both before and after the uprising. Thompson's work provides a view into mass incarceration in the United States and the legacy of Attica.

Thompson is a historian at the University of Michigan and has written for The New York Times and The Atlantic. 

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