Deborah Clearman, author of the fantastic novel Todos Santos, was recently interviewed in Ploughshares, where she talks about the creative writing workshops she’s led every week for the past year for women in jail on Rikers Island. She writes, “This has been an eye-opening and moving experience for me. The stories I’ve heard and talent I’ve discovered is amazing. Rarely does a workshop pass without tears.” Read more here, and buy her book here.