{"product_id":"bird-uncaged-marlon-peterson-9781645036524","title":"Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a leading prison abolitionist, a moving memoir about coming of age in Brooklyn and surviving incarceration--and a call to break free from all the cages that confine us.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarlon Peterson grew up in 1980s Crown Heights, raised by Trinidadian immigrants. Amid the routine violence that shaped his neighborhood, Marlon became a high-achieving and devout child, the specter of the American dream opening up before him. But in the aftermath of immense trauma, he participated in a robbery that resulted in two murders. At nineteen, Peterson was charged and later convicted. He served ten long years in prison. While incarcerated, Peterson immersed himself in anti-violence activism, education, and prison abolition work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBird Uncaged\u003c\/i\u003e, Peterson challenges the typical \"redemption\" narrative and our assumptions about justice. With vulnerability and insight, he uncovers the many cages--from the daily violence and trauma of poverty, to policing, to enforced masculinity, and the brutality of incarceration--created and maintained by American society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBird Uncaged\u003c\/i\u003e is a twenty-first-century abolitionist memoir, and a powerful debut that demands a shift from punishment to healing, an end to prisons, and a new vision of justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marlon Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645036529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645036524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.55w x 0.62d","brand":"Marlon Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073109913855,"sku":"9781645036524","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_255bfb29-4b07-4d6d-b2ae-7222aa6101ba.jpg?v=1685445872","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bird-uncaged-marlon-peterson-9781645036524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}