Books in the Same Times series are autobiographies written by formerly incarcerated people.
Authors write on the “inside” as part of an autobiographical writing and publishing project at a minimum-security prison in Portland, Oregon.
During weekly classes they workshop their writing with fellow participants and with visiting writers, publishers, and artists, including Miranda July, Chris Johanson, Jim Drain, and Laura Moulton.
All profits from sales of books in the Same Time series are split evenly between Some People Press and the author.
Smile Now, Cry Later by Terry James
Written while incarcerated, Terry James tells the story of his first twenty-nine years. Beginning with heartbreaking descriptions of abject poverty…
How Long Is Five Minutes by Arron Magar
How Long Is Ten Minutes? tells the story of Arron Magar’s early life in the foster care system, living as a street kid, doing drugs and small-time crimes, and his eventual incarceration in youth authority, county jails, and prisons…