Author

John J. Lennon

John J. Lennon is serving 28 years to life at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, NY. He is a contributing writer for The Marshall Project, and has written for Esquire, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vice, Pacific Standard, among others. He can be reached at johnjlennonjournalist@gmail.com; read more at johnjlennon.org.

Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside

Letter from Sing Sing: Writing from inside

A convicted murderer shares what he learned about writing, and what writing taught him about himself and about the power of true stories
August 9, 2018