Between 60 and 80% of incarcerated people in America are functionally illiterate, researchers say. That’s heartbreaking because reading is one of the best ways for incarcerated people to relieve the boredom of prison life. For 70 years, advocates have encouraged literacy and self-growth by getting books to inmates. Join Austin’s Inside Books Project to celebrate a new history of the outreach, Books Through Bars: Stories From the Prison Books Movement. – Brant Bingamon