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Grlucas: Added more specific language about Abbott entries.

2018-12-23T00:24:17Z

Added more specific language about Abbott entries.

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	“In Prison.” ''New York Review of Books'', 26 June, 34. In this 389-word note prefacing Jack Henry Abbott’s firsthand account of the violence in America’s prisons, [[Norman Mailer\|Mailer]] says that Abbott’s “writing impressed me as being as good as any convict’s prose I had read since Eldridge Cleaver.” Abbott’s essay was later revised for his book, ''In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison'', for which Mailer wrote an introduction ([[81.10]]). Along with several others in the literary world, Mailer later helped Abbott gain parole, and hired him after his release. Abbott was convicted of murder in 1982. Mailer regularly attended his trial. See ~~1981 and 1982~~ entries.		“In Prison.” ''New York Review of Books'', 26 June, 34. In this 389-word note prefacing Jack Henry Abbott’s firsthand account of the violence in America’s prisons, [[Norman Mailer\|Mailer]] says that Abbott’s “writing impressed me as being as good as any convict’s prose I had read since Eldridge Cleaver.” Abbott’s essay was later revised for his book, ''In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison'', for which Mailer wrote an introduction ([[81.10]]). Along with several others in the literary world, Mailer later helped Abbott gain parole, and hired him after his release. Abbott was convicted of murder in 1982. Mailer regularly attended his trial. See [[:Category:Abbott Affair\|Abbott Affair]] entries.

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Grlucas: Added Abbott category.

2018-12-23T00:22:32Z

Added Abbott category.

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“In Prison.” ''New York Review of Books'', 26 June, 34. In this 389-word note prefacing Jack Henry Abbott’s firsthand account of the violence in America’s prisons, [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]] says that Abbott’s “writing impressed me as being as good as any convict’s prose I had read since Eldridge Cleaver.” Abbott’s essay was later revised for his book, ''In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison'', for which Mailer wrote an introduction ([[81.10]]). Along with several others in the literary world, Mailer later helped Abbott gain parole, and hired him after his release. Abbott was convicted of murder in 1982. Mailer regularly attended his trial. See 1981 and 1982 entries.

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