Dr Jo Metcalf's Outputs (7)

Re-Encountering Rodríguez: It Calls You Back and Draws You In – the Personal Papers of Luis J. Rodríguez (2025)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J. (in press). Re-Encountering Rodríguez: It Calls You Back and Draws You In – the Personal Papers of Luis J. Rodríguez. In J. Metcalf, & B. Olguín (Eds.), The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodríguez: In the Long Run. Edinburgh University Press

Recovering and Assessing the Life and Work of a Barrio Organic Intellectual (2025)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J., & Olguin, B. (in press). Recovering and Assessing the Life and Work of a Barrio Organic Intellectual. In J. Metcalf, & B. Olguín (Eds.), The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodrguez: In the Long Run. Edinburgh University Press

From Archives and Always Running to Prizes and Poetry: Re-interviewing Luis J. Rodríguez (2025)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J. (in press). From Archives and Always Running to Prizes and Poetry: Re-interviewing Luis J. Rodríguez. In J. Metcalf, & B. Olguín (Eds.), The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodrguez: In the Long Run. Edinburgh University Press

‘How can you imprison a poem?’: Luis J. Rodríguez and Prison Writing Workshops in the US (2025)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J. (in press). ‘How can you imprison a poem?’: Luis J. Rodríguez and Prison Writing Workshops in the US. In J. Metcalf, & B. Olguín (Eds.), The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodriguez: In the Long Run. Edinburgh University Press

Reading America and Reading Rodríguez: Exploring American Literature in an English Prison Book Group (2025)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J., & Skinner, L. (in press). Reading America and Reading Rodríguez: Exploring American Literature in an English Prison Book Group. In J. Metcalf, & B. Olguín (Eds.), The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodriguez: In the Long Run. Edinburgh University Press

‘Strengthen Them Inside’: Supporting Prison Staff Wellbeing in England through Creative Writing (2025)
Journal Article
Nichols, H., Metcalf, J., Earle, F., & Fréour, L. (2025). ‘Strengthen Them Inside’: Supporting Prison Staff Wellbeing in England through Creative Writing. Incarceration, 6, https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663241310334

Prison staff experience multiple stressors in the course of their working lives and existing literature consistently emphasises the negative wellbeing implications of prison work. There is a gap in existing research regarding the types of wellbeing s... Read More about ‘Strengthen Them Inside’: Supporting Prison Staff Wellbeing in England through Creative Writing.

Reading Isolation, Writing Loneliness; Book Groups and Creative Practice in Prison (2025)
Journal Article
Metcalf, J., & Burkinshaw, L. (in press). Reading Isolation, Writing Loneliness; Book Groups and Creative Practice in Prison. Critical Survey,

This article discusses the need for discursive reading and creative writing practices aimed towards capable readers in prisons. It contends that prison book groups, particularly those with an embedded creative writing component and themed in consider... Read More about Reading Isolation, Writing Loneliness; Book Groups and Creative Practice in Prison.