Exile Nation

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Drugs, Prisons, Politics, and Spirituality

Charles Shaw

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Soft Skull Press
08 May 2012

Memoirs; Prisons; Offenders

An ""extraordinary"" work of spiritual journalism that grapples with the themes of drugs, prisons, politics, and spirituality through Shaw's personal story (Chicago Tribune), originally published as a series on Reality Sandwich and The Huffington Post.

In 2005, Shaw was arrested in Chicago for possession of MDMA and was sent to prison for one year. Shaw not only looks at the current prison system and its many destructive flaws, but also at how American culture regards criminals and those who live outside of society. He begins his story at Chicago's Cook County Jail, and uses its sprawling, highly corrupt infrastructure to build upon his overarching argument.

This is an insider's look at the forgotten or excluded segments of our society, the disenfranchised lifestyles and subcultures existing in what Shaw calls the ""exile nation."" They are those who lost some or all of their ability to participate in the full opportunities of society because of an arrest or conviction for a non-violent, drug-related, or ""moral offense,"" those who cannot participate in the credit economy, and those with lifestyle choices that involve radical politics and sexuality, cognitive liberty, and unorthodox spiritual and healing practices. Together they make up the new ""evolutionary counterculture"" of the most significant epoch in human history.

By: Charles Shaw
Imprint: Soft Skull Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781593764418
ISBN 10: 1593764413
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 08 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Shaw is an award-winning journalist and editor, and his work has appeared in Alternet, Guardian UK, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Reality Sandwich, and Znet. In 2009, he was recognized by the San Diego Press Club for excellence in journalism. He lives in Sebastopol, California.

Reviews for Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics, and Spirituality

"""Exile Nation tells the dirty story none of us really wants to hear. But we all should be listening. Author Charles Shaw 'did time' in prison and lived to write about it. The antiquated and terrible system he describes is Dickensian. Like Dickens, Shaw offers a metaphor for many of the ills that infect our economy and society. And screams for change."" --John Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman and Hoodwinked ""Extraordinary."" --Chicago Tribune"