Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of Red Hog

<em>Committing Journalism</em> collects more than fifty essays by famed convict-writer Dannie Martin, a.k.a. "Red Hog" --hard-hitting, eloquent reports on the racism, brutality, inadequate health care, harassment, and other conditions of life behind the prison walls. When they first appeared in the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em> they made Martin a celebrity--and eventually the Bureau of Prisons tried to silence him. Peter Sussman, Martins editor at the <em>Chronicle</em>, interweaves the story of their struggle, their collaboration, and their friendship. The result is a work of irrefutable witness, a gripping narrative, a book that gives a human face to Americas swelling prison population.