Pencil drawing by Khoi Huynh
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ART: Hope is Not Lost | Khoi Huynh
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Artwork, Letters v2, MediaTags: APSC, artwork, hope, Khoi Huynh, Letters from the Pen
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Letter from Harrison Seuga
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, Harrison Seuga, Letters from the Pen
For my homeboys, for my set, for being down, my reward has been the last 21 years spent in prisons up and down the state. I can’t help thinking how I could have graduated from high school and went to my prom, instead of a cell and the craziness of having to deal with 1000 other killas.
Letter from Leng Vang
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, California, CSP-Solano, Hmong, Laotians, Leng Veng, Letters from the Pen, South East Asian, Vietnamese
It would have been perfectly fine if I would have thought and stayed as a teenager then. Instead I put all of this “be the man” burden on my shoulders. Remain your age, don’t try to grow up too fast.
ART: Keys and Heart | Khoi Huynh
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Artwork, Letters v2, MediaTags: APSC, artwork, Khoi Huynh, Letters from the Pen
Color Pencil drawing by Khoi Huynh
Letter from Na Joe Her
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, Laotians, Letters from the Pen, Na Joe Her
It’s sad to say that I was the lucky one, becuase most of my former gang friends are dead.
Letter from Michael Placenio
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, Filipino, Letters from the Pen, Mexicans, Michael Placenio
At that point I had been clean for about seven years. Then I was at a party one night and somebody offered me meth. I said to myself I could do it every once in awhile and not get hooked. Yeah right. Well I ended up doing it that night and just like the first time, once turned to twice and so on. That turned into two years of drug use and now here I am.
Letter from Thongsanh Phonsavat
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, Laotians, Letters from the Pen, Thongsanh Phonsavat
This time… I choose not to have the gun. I choose not to press the trigger. I choose not to take a life.
ART: Reach for the Stars
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Artwork, Letters v2, MediaTags: APSC, artwork, Khoi Huynh, Letters from the Pen
Pencil drawing by Khoi Huynh
Letter from Insane
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, Cambodians, Insane, Khmer, Letters from the Pen, South East Asian
Besides my family, there are also the simple pleasures of life that I miss: beautiful girls, home cooked meals, and the son i still haven’t met. I often think of them all, and the simple things, trying to picture how my life would’ve been like if I was a free man.
Letter from Chang Moon
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, family, Letters from the Pen
People always talk about second chances, but sometimes, the chances run out.
