News Release Date:
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008
“Macbeth for Murderers” topic of KUOW interview with Professor Roberta Davidson
Roberta Davidson,
associate professor of English, was recently interviewed by KUOW 94.9 FM, a
Northwest Public Radio station in Seattle.
Davidson and John Kerwin discussed their book, “Macbeth for Murderers,”
published by Xlibris Press in 2005. The book chronicles Davidson’s time behind
the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary teaching Shakespeare’s plays to
convicted murderers. It includes interviews with the inmate students and tells of
Davidson’s experiences in the classroom, her experiences with a prison stalker
and her time spent inside the prison during an inmate riot. More information about the book and its authors as well as the actual Jan. 4 interview is available at KUOW Web site.
“Macbeth for Murderers” is available at the Penrose Library, the Whitman College Bookstore and at www.xlibris.com.
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