# Writing From Behind The Wall with John J. Lennon [Part 1] Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212/writing-from-behind-the-wall-with-john-j-lennon-part-1 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212/writing-from-behind-the-wall-with-john-j-lennon-part-1.md Podcast: [Pursuing Justice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212) Published: 2026-01-08T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/f22169c3 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/f22169c3/a26026e6.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pursuing-justice-6693212/episodes/writing-from-behind-the-wall-with-john-j-lennon-part-1 Duration seconds: 1258 ## Resource John J. Lennon is serving his twenty-fourth year behind bars, currently in Sing Sing Correctional Facility. His writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire, and New York magazine. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Magazine Writing, and he’s twice been a finalist for the National Magazine Award, in feature writing and reviews and criticism. Lennon recently published his first book, The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us , which was named a "best book of the year" by the New York Times and NPR. Lennon will be eligible for parole in 2029. To learn more about John, and to purchase his book, visit https://johnjlennon.net/ This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pursuing-justice-6693212/episodes/writing-from-behind-the-wall-with-john-j-lennon-part-1/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212/writing-from-behind-the-wall-with-john-j-lennon-part-1.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.