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Words Is a Powerful Thing: Twenty Years of Teaching Creative Writing at Douglas County Jail James H. Schindler They are elite assassinsBrian Daldorph first entered the Douglas County Jail classroom in Lawrence, Kansas, to teach a writing class on Christmas Eve 2001. His last class at the jail for the foreseeable future was mid March 2020, right before the COVID 19 lockdown; the virus is taking a heavy toll in confined communities like nursing homes and prisons. Words Is a Powerful Thing is Daldorph's record of teaching at the jail for the two decades between 2001 and 2020, showing