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In lyrical, urgent prose shot through with dark humor, Davis offers glimpses of a land of contradictions in We Were Angry, winner of the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction

Jennifer S. Davis's linked collection, We Were Angry, winner of the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction, introduces us to a group of friends in small-town Alabama whose lives are haunted by tragedies that reverberate across generations. In Davis's world, Alabama is more than a fictional setting. It's a scene for interrogating power, privilege, pain, and what it means to live in-and to leave-the American South. In lyrical, urgent prose shot throug...

Assesses the effectiveness of correctional education for both incarcerated adults and juveniles, presents the results of a survey of U.S. state correctional education directors, and offers recommendations for improving correctional education.

Results of the third and final wave of a national survey to elicit assessments of state and local response organizations of their activities following 9/11 to improve preparedness to respond to terrorist-related incidents and of federal programs intended to improve preparations and readiness. It also provides information on how state and local agencies are resourcing these activities, how they perceive the roles of the military and National Gu...

Set mainly in a small town in Alabama, the stories here ache with the relentless longing of the poor, struggling, discarded Southern women who tell about their lives with men whose only presence is their absence.

Emergency responders play a critical role in responding to terrorist attacks. This volume presents the results of a nationwide survey RAND undertook of state and local law enforcement agencies, state offices of emergency management, and state departments of agriculture to assess how prepare they are for this role.