Meet the Writers
Questions:
• Do you consider yourself a writer, why or why not? If so, when did you realize you were a writer? If not, what about writing interests you?
• What kind of things do you write about?
• What interests you most about writing and visual arts?
• What are your expectations of this workshop/project? What are you excited, nervous, confused, and/or in the dark about?
• What would you like to learn about poetry?
• What do you hope to learn about yourself?
• What do you think you will learn about others?
• What is your name? How old are you? What is your ethnicity? From which “Campus” are you participating in JustWrite?
Questionnaire Responses – Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center
• Yes, my work is my work.
• Everything and everything.
• Getting my work together.
• Whatever I can get out of it.
• Freedom of speech.
• What my mind has to offer
Questionnaire Responses – Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center – AJ
• Yes. When I was 13. It’s a meanings to express.
• What I feel and how I perceive the world.
• A way of expressing life.
• I just want to impact other’s lives in a positive way.
• Different styles.
• What my talents are.
• About the way to perceive life.
• AJ, 24, Hispanic, MDC
Questionnaire Responses – Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center – CK
• Yes, I began writing when I went to jail in 1996.
• My experiences, I have recently began writing short stories.
• Being able to express myself.
• I would like to refine my writing and explore the possibility of publishing.
• How to avoid sounding pretentious.
• Not sure on that yet.
• How their expressions reveal their experiences and thoughts.
• CK, 49, white, MDC
Questionnaire Responses – Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center – JC
• Yeah, when I begin to record and I finally found out, my family does it.
• Everything.
• The realness.
• Excitement, I’m excited. I just wanna know the outcome.
• Writing, creativity.
• Better writer.
• Their experiences with writing.
• JC, 22, Black, MDC
Questionnaire Responses – Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center – J
• Yes, because I am good at writing and I have fun with it. I realized it in elementary school.
• I mainly write about myself.
• J, 20, White, MDC
Questionnaire Responses – Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center – JA
• Yes, I like to write about myself and love, and the mind and feelings. Ever since grade school.
• The mind and feelings and love and it all just depends.
• It all clears my mind.
• I’m more nervous and stage fright.
• Like just all the basics and any ideas.
• I don’t know, that’s a hard question.
• What there info is.
• JA, 22, Hispanic
Questionnaire Responses – Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center
• Yes, I feel I can be more of a writer about my true, real life. Regardless, I will always turn to writing in order to express my feelings, on every level.
• Depends truly on the day.
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