Books In Prison
November, 1978
In the war zones of prison, books suffer a high mortality rate. Burning them is one common practice. Some convicts use this principle of rapid oxidation because they feel a need to wear their books. The end product is not for clothing but for ink, and here, at least, they always turn to the Bible in their times of need. I cannot explain the origin of this discovery, but I can report that Biblical paper, reduced to ashes, makes an excellent tattooing medium. More than one chapter of Revelations h...
