Tuesdays in Jail: What I Learned Teaching Journaling to Inmates [Paperback]

In 2011, novelist Tina Welling began teaching journaling workshops for the mostly male inmates at the Teton County Jail in Jackson, Wyoming. What began as a little-understood impulse on her part became a meaningful journey with surprising results.

Welling was floored by how much she had in common with the incarcerated: “It’s just that they had been arrested and I had not.” They talked and wrote about self-esteem, anger, forgiveness, compassion, personal power, codependency. She gave the men one hour a week to explore their inner lives; they gave her an unprecedented experience of intimacy and vulnerability.

Replete with the kind of gorgeous writing for which Welling is acclaimed,Tuesdays in Jailis part memoir, part riveting exploration of individual inmates’ lives and challenges, and an enlightening and insightful examination of American incarceration.
CATina Wellingis the author of the novelsCowboys Never Cry,Fairy Tale Blues, andCrybaby Ranch, as well as the writing bookWriting Wild. Her nonfiction has appeared in national magazines and seven anthologies as well as in theNew York Times“Modern Love” column. She lives in Jackson, Wyoming.

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“This book hits all the marks, and it goes straight to the heart. Tina Welling beautifully captures the humanity of the inmates, and reminds us, through gorgeously written prose, that we are all so much more alike than we are different and that deep down we all long to be seen, heard, and loved. I hope everyone reads this captivating book.”
— Tiffanie DeBartolo, author ofSORROW,God-Shaped Hole, andHow to Kill a Rockstar

“As much of a page-turner asTuesdays with Morrie,Tuesdays in Jailopens locked doors and liberates creativity, compassion, and unexpected community. Tina Welling’s l£!