Illustration for 'Nothing Has Made Me Feel More American Than Going to Jail' by Ravi Shankar for The Marshall Project.
Thank you Celina Fang for the creative direction and collaboration.
Ravi Shankar is a Pushcart prize-winning poet, translator and former professor who has published over a dozen books. He has appeared in print, radio and TV in such venues as The New York Times, NPR, BBC and the PBS NewsHour. His memoir, “Correctional,” is forthcoming in October 2021 with University of Wisconsin Press.