Stitching Freedom
a true story of injustice, defiance, and hope in angola prison
$52.00
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2025
Summary
Stitching Freedom: A Memoir of Injustice, Survival, and Hope on Death Row
In the tradition of books by Albert Woodfox and Angela Davis comes the gripping memoir of a wrongful conviction and life on death row in Angola prison, showing how incarcerated people care for, protect, mentor, and teach each other.
In 1975, seventeen-year-old Gary Tyler was sent to Angola prison to die. A year earlier, he had been wrongfully charged with the killing of a white teenage…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668097328 |
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| ISBN-10: | 166809732X |
| Author: | Gary Tyler, Ellen Bravo |
| Publisher: | Atria Books |
| Imprint: | Atria Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 481g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Gary Tyler
Gary Tyler is an artist and a spokesperson for justice. During his years in prison, Tyler galvanized a movement that grew to have national and international support, one of the precursors to today’s abolition and Black Lives Matter movements. He was recently awarded the 2024 Frieze LA Impact Prize, which recognizes artists who use their talents and abilities to address social justice issues. Stitching Freedom is his first book.
Ellen Bravo’s connection to Gary Tyler began in July 1976, when she marched with two thousand others in New Orleans demanding his freedom. A long-time activist, Bravo has written three nonfiction books about working women and two novels, Again and Again, about date rape and politics, and Standing Up: Tales of Struggle, about love and organizing. Among Bravo’s many commendations are the Ford Foundation’s Visionary Award and a Trailblazer award from the Ms. Foundation.
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