ReEntry Lab
@reentrylab.org
Building bridges between writers & other artists leaving incarceration and arts & literary communities ready to receive them. Based in Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota.
12th Annual Transformative Justice and Abolition Criminology Conference: February 13th, 2026. Panel of scholar-activists, artist-philosophers, poets, and abolitionists discussing a wide range of topics.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
12th Annual Transformative Justice and Abolition Criminology Conference: February 13th, 2026. Panel of scholar-activists, artist-philosophers, poets, and abolitionists discussing a wide range of topics.
Register: savethekidsgroup.org/feb-13-2026-...
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Register: savethekidsgroup.org/feb-13-2026-...
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My current PoeS.A project is "JustUs," a crowd-sourced poem on justice. My work is supported by a Camille Gage memorial fellowship. I loved and admired Camille and so this is a great honor. She always met moments of injustice with art-in-action. I'm humbled by her memory.
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
My current PoeS.A project is "JustUs," a crowd-sourced poem on justice. My work is supported by a Camille Gage memorial fellowship. I loved and admired Camille and so this is a great honor. She always met moments of injustice with art-in-action. I'm humbled by her memory.
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"The criminal legal system doesn't interrupt gender violence, but rather extends it, concentrates it, and hides it behind prison walls where it disappears from public view." -Kwaneta Harris, a former nurse, business owner, and expat, now an incarcerated journalist
"The violence we experience inside is not a different or separate kind of violence. It is gender-based violence, and it's enabled by your silence. So let me ask again: Ain't I a woman? And if I am, then where are you?" My brilliant friend, @kwanetaharris.bsky.social:
Ain't We Women, Too?
For many incarcerated women, the state is their abuser, but the gender-based violence we experience behind bars goes ignored.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"The criminal legal system doesn't interrupt gender violence, but rather extends it, concentrates it, and hides it behind prison walls where it disappears from public view." -Kwaneta Harris, a former nurse, business owner, and expat, now an incarcerated journalist
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to legislative appropriations from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to legislative appropriations from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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…the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
…the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books. The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
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…both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with…
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Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with…
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February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
…both reading and open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with…
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Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with…
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After the main reading, there will be a short break for refreshments, followed by an open mic period. All are welcome to show up and participate in the open mic! (List is first come, first serve.) This reading, and the open mic afterward, will be hosted by Davi Gray and Zeke Caligiuri;
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February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
After the main reading, there will be a short break for refreshments, followed by an open mic period. All are welcome to show up and participate in the open mic! (List is first come, first serve.) This reading, and the open mic afterward, will be hosted by Davi Gray and Zeke Caligiuri;
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Please join us on Tuesday, March 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: Rosetta Peters, Ashe Jaafaru, Cecily McMillan, Lester Batiste, and Lt. Sunnie.
Each featured artist will take five minutes to share work.
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Each featured artist will take five minutes to share work.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Please join us on Tuesday, March 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: Rosetta Peters, Ashe Jaafaru, Cecily McMillan, Lester Batiste, and Lt. Sunnie.
Each featured artist will take five minutes to share work.
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Each featured artist will take five minutes to share work.
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ICE is active in south Minneapolis today-
Multiple cars cruising around East Phillips, Midtown Phillips.
Meanwhile, signal is having issues, so folks should be outside!
See ICE? Form a crowd and get loud.
Let neighbors know if ICE is nearby by making noise.
Multiple cars cruising around East Phillips, Midtown Phillips.
Meanwhile, signal is having issues, so folks should be outside!
See ICE? Form a crowd and get loud.
Let neighbors know if ICE is nearby by making noise.
February 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM
ICE is active in south Minneapolis today-
Multiple cars cruising around East Phillips, Midtown Phillips.
Meanwhile, signal is having issues, so folks should be outside!
See ICE? Form a crowd and get loud.
Let neighbors know if ICE is nearby by making noise.
Multiple cars cruising around East Phillips, Midtown Phillips.
Meanwhile, signal is having issues, so folks should be outside!
See ICE? Form a crowd and get loud.
Let neighbors know if ICE is nearby by making noise.
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Tonight (2/3/26) at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social: I know Isha and Heid are incredible, and am excited to hear more from the others too. The "Better Things" lineups are always so cool, pulling from many different corners of the Twin Cities literary landscape:
Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring five fantastic artists: Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara.
Each featured artist will take five minutes to share work. …
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Each featured artist will take five minutes to share work. …
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February 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Tonight (2/3/26) at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social: I know Isha and Heid are incredible, and am excited to hear more from the others too. The "Better Things" lineups are always so cool, pulling from many different corners of the Twin Cities literary landscape:
…from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
…from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
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January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
5/6
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
5/6
Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books.
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Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books.
4/6
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books.
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🎤
Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara, followed by an open mic.
Reading & open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
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Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara, followed by an open mic.
Reading & open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
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Moon Palace Books (@moonpalacebooks.bsky.social)
more books than before
moonpalacebooks.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
🎤
Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara, followed by an open mic.
Reading & open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
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Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara, followed by an open mic.
Reading & open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
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The Mahalat Review. She has performed for the Madison Public Library, Walker Art Center and American Composers Forum. Isha seeks to sate her curiosities by layering myths with modern desires, questions, obsessing over these old stories by polishing them inside poetic forms and digital art. …
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January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The Mahalat Review. She has performed for the Madison Public Library, Walker Art Center and American Composers Forum. Isha seeks to sate her curiosities by layering myths with modern desires, questions, obsessing over these old stories by polishing them inside poetic forms and digital art. …
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Isha Camara (she/her) is a Gambian-American poet and visual artist from South Minneapolis, Minnesota. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Masters at Randolph College in Creative Writing. Her work has been featured in MUZZLE Magazine, Poets.org and…
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January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Isha Camara (she/her) is a Gambian-American poet and visual artist from South Minneapolis, Minnesota. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Masters at Randolph College in Creative Writing. Her work has been featured in MUZZLE Magazine, Poets.org and…
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…from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
…from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
6/7
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
6/7
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
6/7
Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books.
5/7
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books.
5/7
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Light refreshments will be served; masks are required at Moon Palace Books and are available on-site. This is a free event.
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books.
5/7
Better Things is a series of events sponsored by the ReEntry Lab, in partnership with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) and Moon Palace Books.
5/7
🎤
Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara, followed by an open mic.
Reading & open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
4/7
Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara, followed by an open mic.
Reading & open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
4/7
Moon Palace Books (@moonpalacebooks.bsky.social)
more books than before
moonpalacebooks.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
🎤
Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara, followed by an open mic.
Reading & open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
4/7
Please join us on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00pm, at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social, for our next 5×5 Reading, featuring Ari Tison (Bribri), BakiBakiBaki, Jeffrey Dorr-Slowey, Heid E. Erdrich, and Isha Camara, followed by an open mic.
Reading & open mic will feature ASL interpretation.
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She serves her communities through formal and informal mentorship, poetry interventions, and in activating collaborative response between communities.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
She serves her communities through formal and informal mentorship, poetry interventions, and in activating collaborative response between communities.
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…Minneapolis Poet Laureate supported by an Academy of American Poets award. Erdrich held the 2025 James Welch Distinguished Visiting position at University of Montana Missoula. Erdrich’s on-going project is Poetry Service Announcement (PoeS.A.), which promotes poetry as public art. …
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January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
…Minneapolis Poet Laureate supported by an Academy of American Poets award. Erdrich held the 2025 James Welch Distinguished Visiting position at University of Montana Missoula. Erdrich’s on-going project is Poetry Service Announcement (PoeS.A.), which promotes poetry as public art. …
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Author of nine books of poetry and prose Heid E. Erdrich (she/her) is a curator and teacher. Erdrich edited the anthology New Poets of Native Nations and co-edited the newly published Boundless: Abundance in Native American Art and Literature. She served as the inaugural Minneapolis Poet…
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January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Author of nine books of poetry and prose Heid E. Erdrich (she/her) is a curator and teacher. Erdrich edited the anthology New Poets of Native Nations and co-edited the newly published Boundless: Abundance in Native American Art and Literature. She served as the inaugural Minneapolis Poet…
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…from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
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reentrylab.org/better-things/
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
…from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
5/5
reentrylab.org/better-things/
#ReEntryLab #BetterThings #MPWW #MoonPalaceBooks #OpenMics #TCOpenMics #TCPoetry
5/5
reentrylab.org/better-things/
The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
5/6
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
5/6
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants…
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