Brattlecast #201 - The Alcatraz Library

Although we spend a lot of time hunting for treasure in other people’s attics, the Brattle has its own nooks and crannies where we let interesting items pile up for years—ok, sometimes decades. When cleaning out a cubby in the office, Ken unearthed one of these inadvertently hoarded finds: an 1870s Harper’s Magazine from the Alcatraz library. We’ll use it as a jumping off point into a discussion of  Alcatraz’s history, its place in popular culture, and prison libraries in general on this escapist new #brattlecast.