Comments on Love, Daddy: Forgive Me

Oh, look! Harris Communications still has the book...

2011-11-14T10:11:26.628-05:00

Oh, look! Harris Communications still has the book for sale!

http://www.harriscomm.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=35_254&products_id=17570&hcCsid=66fb5d537c2076c1b166cc795a075a25

It's called Deaf Culture Behind Bars by Katrin...

2011-11-10T13:13:17.152-05:00

It's called Deaf Culture Behind Bars by Katrina Miller. I'm not sure if it's in print anymore. It's a slim book but interesting.

what's the title and who is the author of that...

2011-11-06T02:47:08.959-05:00

what's the title and who is the author of that book about deaf inmates in huntsville? i would love to read it!

I bought a book about the deaf inmates in Huntsvil...

2011-09-21T10:56:49.490-04:00

I bought a book about the deaf inmates in Huntsville -- is that what you worked on? It's really interesting, though very slim. I would have loved to have learned more about them. In fact, I'm going to be interviewing some for research and maybe a documentary. We'll see.

Anyway, to answer your questions...I started the blog a couple of years after my dad was first jailed. When he was first imprisoned, I felt like he might as well be dead and I grieved for him like he was. By writing him and the blog, it was a way for me to engage with my dad and get to know him. It made him calm down in jail, too, and follow rules and be a better inmate. And, finally, it humanizes a criminal to the Free World.

Hi---Im deaf. I have my BA in Criminology. I worke...

2011-09-20T18:21:55.978-04:00

Hi---Im deaf. I have my BA in Criminology. I worked at the unit in Huntsville with the deaf inmates several years ago. Yes, before your father came in.
Im curious what made you do this? This blog? The book? (Im definitely buying it! :) )
Does this help you express what is inside since your dad got sentenced? What is this? Im really curious.

Keep those blogs coming. They are truly fascinating!

Thank you! As always, you are so insightful. Indee...

2011-09-20T17:33:05.740-04:00

Thank you! As always, you are so insightful. Indeed, it was over four years of mining really painful memories but also hard work of writing and editing. The long hours of writing was very isolating, too. If I had known it would take this long, I'm not sure I would have done it!

Anyway, thank you again and again. I sure hope you like the book.

Kambri, he's a different sort and thinks diffe...

2011-09-20T17:29:02.041-04:00

Kambri, he's a different sort and thinks differently, so everything he does is designed to keep you in communication (and giving) to him. Even so, there is a spark of humanity and love there as shown in his little drawings...it takes real effort and thought to draw like that.

I'm so impressed with your honesty and humor and can't wait to see your book. It takes real wringing-out of oneself to write about something so personal, but it will be worth it. Happy birthday and may every year be increasingly more tranquil and wiser than the one before it.

Thanks, lady. I was really disappointed to have no...

2011-09-20T14:35:36.241-04:00

Thanks, lady. I was really disappointed to have not received a birthday card. Especially since it was my 40th. But my birthday coincided with the date of that original letter in which he was spewing hateful things about my mom. So, I'm guessing, he was angry and not thinking straight.

I hope that he hasn't harmed himself and is ok...

2011-09-20T14:28:36.614-04:00

I hope that he hasn't harmed himself and is ok (well, you know as much as he can be in prison). Sorry he failed to send you a card, too. That's surprising since he makes cards and sends you his artwork. Your writing abilities amaze me! I should have paid more attention in English class. Take care.