Kenneth E. Hartman and Luis J. Rodríguez discuss their anthology of creative writing from one of California’s high-security prisons and how the project makes visible the experience of incarceration.

A screening of the documentary about a protest in one of Washington D.C.’s first barrios is followed by a discussion with poets Quique Avile?s and Sami Miranda, filmmaker Ellie Walton and English professor Ben Olguín.

Dan Conroy-Beam, recipient of the 2022–2023 Harold J. Plous Award, analyzes how people evaluate potential romantic partners and navigate their mating markets and relationships.