John J. Lennon was named a finalist in the Review and Criticism category for the American Society of Magazine Editor’s 2024 National Magazine Awards for his review of “Peddling Darkness,” published in The New York Review of Books. Read the full story at ASME.
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John J. Lennon is one of 20 writers selected to join the the inaugural cohort of Haymarket Books and the Mellon Foundation’s newly established Writing Freedom Fellowship.
The Guardian talks to John about his involvement in the Inside literary prize, the first major US book award to be judged exclusively by incarcerated people.
John J. Lennon reviews Ben Austin’s “Correction,” a study of a system meant to promote rehabilitation — and reward prisoners who change — but that no longer seems to work the way it was intended.
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The Prisoner and the Pen
If prison authorities had their way, John J. Lennon writes for Esquire, no one would be writing from the inside at all.
The New York Times highlights the impact of the upstart online news site New York Focus and its reporting focus on state politics and policy, specifically mentioning an interview with John J. Lennon and the immediate reversal in corrections policy following its publication.
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John is interviewed by New York Focus
John J. Lennon discusses New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s directive blocking the publication of creative work by incarcerated journalists and artists with New York Focus.
John J. Lennon’s review of “Peddling Darkness” and his letter exchange with true crime author Sarah Weinman is mentioned in The Guardian opinion piece “True crime can be an unedifying business, so why am I drawn to writing about it?”
John J. Lennon joins three other guests on The Colin McEnroe Show podcast to challenge the myth of prison reform and misperceptions about incarceration that are often depicted in popular culture.
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True Crime and Punishment: An Exchange
John J. Lennon replies to letters to the editor in response to “Peddling Darkness,” his review of Sarah Weinman’s book Scoundrel.