Today I chat with Toby Dorr, author of Living with Conviction and You Are Not Your Worst Mistake: Poems From Prison. Toby is a speaker and advocate for second chances and criminal justice reform. If you haven’t already, check out my other episode with Toby (18. Living With Conviction) – you don’t want to miss it! In this episode, Toby and I talk about her poetry book You Are Not Your Worst Mistake, and the unexpected sisterhood and lifelong friendships that she experienced while behind bars.  

Toby and I chat about:

• The power of stories and poetry
• The importance of sisterhood and true friendship
• Poems from her book
• Self-acceptance
• And more!

Resources:

To get in touch with Toby or learn more about her, check out her websites and podcast!

Websites: https://tobydorr.com/

https://2dorrsdown.com/

⁠https://fiercepublications.com/⁠

⁠https://theunleashedseries.com/

Check out her journals here: https://fiercegracemovement.org/

Podcast: Fierce Conversations with Toby

Get in touch:

Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review—it’s SO appreciated, and it helps the podcast reach more listeners!

Grief Groups: If you’re interested in being a part of a virtual peer support friend-loss group, fill out the interest form at friendsmissingfriends.com/griefgroup

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @friendsmissingfriends

Website: friendsmissingfriends.com

Spotify for Podcasts page: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendsmissingfriends

Leave a VM at FMF’s google voice number: 312-291-1781

Feel free to reach out, by email or VM. (And if you want me to share it on the podcast, be sure to explicitly give me permission to do so. Thanks y’all! Sending you love!).