Dannie M. Martin and Peter Y. Sussman
Committing Journalism
The Prison Writings of Red Hog
"One of the great political works of our time, a books that ought to be
required reading for every American citizen." —San Francisco Bay Guardian
Committing Journalism collects more than fifty essays by famed convict-writer
Dannie Martin, a.k.a "Red Hog"—hard-hitting, eloquent reports on the racism,
brutality, inadequate health care, harassment and other conditions of life behind
the prison walls. When they first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle
they made Martin a celebrity—and eventually the Bureau of Prisons tried to
silence him. Peter Sussman, Martin's editor at the Chornicle, interweaves
the sotry of their struggle, their collaboration, and their friendship. The result
is a work of irrefutable witness, a gripping narrative, a book that gives a human
face to America's swelling prison population.
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