"That Bird" Included on the Innocence Project's 2022 Reading List; Jarvis Celebrated in Rebecca Solnit's Latest Column in the Guardian

Jarvis’ memoir, “That Bird Has My Wings,” was cited on the Innocence Project’s 2022 recommended reading list, which highlighted some of the year’s best books about wrongful conviction and human resilience. Other notable titles on the list included the late Albert Woodfox’s biography “Solitary,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, and “Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison,” a new monograph by legal scholar Daniel Medwed.

As the year closes, Jarvis is celebrated by his friend, writer Rebecca Solnit, in her latest column in the Guardian. “Jarvis did three remarkable things through his Buddhist practice,” she writes. “He built a sanctuary in his mind to find some kind of peace within the noisy brutality of prison. He became a calming presence and peacemaker for many there, preventing violence and suicide. And he somehow built a big life for himself beyond the walls.”