Redeemed by Literacy: an interview with Jimmy Santiago Baca

Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico of Native American and Mexican descent, Jimmy Santiago Baca was raised by his grandparents until the age of five, when he began a two-decade rotation through various institutions, beginning with the orphanage where his aunt surrendered him. Baca spent six and a half years in Arizona State Prison on …

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