Bookseller Julie Poole tried to do a customer a solid by shipping books to a Mississippi prison. The process turned out to be harder than she ever imagined. How the human right to read is being restricted in Southern prisons.
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Julie Poole is a writer and bookseller based out of Austin, Texas. Her book reviews and essays can be found at Publishers Weekly, Texas Monthly, and the Texas Observer. Her debut book of poetry, Bright Specimen, was published by Deep Vellum 2021.