The iconic backdrop to the 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption” has long been a popular historic site. However, the stories behind the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield rival the tale of Andy and ...
The Shawshank Redemption is perhaps the ultimate prison escape movie. Stephen King’s story of singular resilience, determination and ingenuity has become one of the most beloved cinematic works of ...
J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...