Participants in these workshops were complicated people. As Bryan Stevenson, an attorney who fights for the wrongfully accused on death row, says, "People are more than the worst thing we've ever done ... Even if you kill someone, you're not just a killer." Doing Time makes us rethink the myths we have about inmates and gives us insights into the force of trauma and the power of dignity. We get a glimpse of what goes on in a prison system and we learn, as Langille learned, from the men and women she worked with.

Carole Glasser Langille is the author of four books of poetry, including In Cannon Cave (1997) which was shortlisted for both the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Atlantic Poetry Prize. She has also published two children’s books and a collection of short fiction entitled When I Always Wanted Something (2008). Originally from New York, Langille lives in Black Point, Nova Scotia, and teaches creative writing at Dalhousie University.

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