{"product_id":"writing-for-their-lives-9780252070990","title":"Writing for Their Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e A powerful anthology documenting the thoughts and experiences of those waiting to die \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The madness of Death Row in the USA is described in graphic detail in this collection of testimonies, short stories, and poems. . . . Most do not question either their guilt or their fate, accepting their lot with resignation. Very few books have the power to change the world. This book is unlikely to be the exception. And for that we should all be very sorry indeed.\" \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nobody who reads this book will put it down unaffected. . . . Mulvey-Roberts has drawn together an astonishing collection of writings and speeches which will shock, shake and warn. . . . A powerful tool to help contribute to the sentimentality against the punishment.  She has displayed that the \u003ci\u003epen\u003c\/i\u003e is mightier than the \u003ci\u003esword\u003c\/i\u003e.”--\u003ci\u003eAmicus Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A refreshing emphasis on dignity and humanity in the face of terror and evil.\"--Rick Halperin, Amnesty International USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \u003ci\u003eJan Arriens\u003c\/i\u003e XV\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xvii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Death Sentences by Marie Mulvey-Roberts 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. ESSAYS AND SPEECHES ON THE DEATH PENALTY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I Will Not Stand for It \u003ci\u003eGovernor George Ryan \u003c\/i\u003e17\u003cbr\u003e America Does Not Need Capital Punishment \u003ci\u003eMichael B. Ross\u003c\/i\u003e 25\u003cbr\u003e My Turn \u003ci\u003eWilliam Van Poyck\u003c\/i\u003e 27\u003cbr\u003e The Ring Decision and What It Means \u003ci\u003eRichard Rossi\u003c\/i\u003e 29\u003cbr\u003e Is There Such a Thing as Closure? \u003ci\u003eRichard Rossi\u003c\/i\u003e 31\u003cbr\u003e Not in My Name \u003ci\u003eCeleste Dixon \u003c\/i\u003e34\u003cbr\u003e The Electric Chair and the Chain Gang: Choices and Challenges for America's Future\u003ci\u003e Stephen B. Bright\u003c\/i\u003e 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. ACCOUNTS OF LIFE ON DEATH ROW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Working Against the Death Penalty \u003ci\u003eMarie Deans\u003c\/i\u003e 59\u003cbr\u003e Daily Events \u003ci\u003eRichard Rossi \u003c\/i\u003e63\u003cbr\u003e Running In: Cell Extraction\u003ci\u003e Hank Skinner \u003c\/i\u003e65\u003cbr\u003e Conditions on Death Row, Terrell Unit, Texas \u003ci\u003eDr. Terry Kupers\u003c\/i\u003e 69\u003cbr\u003e California's Death Row \u003ci\u003eMichael Wayne Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e It's Time for Me to Die: An Inside Look at Death Row \u003ci\u003eMichael B. Ross\u003c\/i\u003e 91\u003cbr\u003e Dave \u003ci\u003eMichael Wayne Hunter \u003c\/i\u003e103\u003cbr\u003e A Visit from Mom \u003ci\u003eMartin A. Draughton \u003c\/i\u003e106\u003cbr\u003e Skirting the Rules \u003ci\u003eRichard Rossi \u003c\/i\u003e112\u003cbr\u003e Scars \u003ci\u003eJarvis Masters\u003c\/i\u003e 113\u003cbr\u003e Transcending \u003ci\u003eMartin A. Draughton \u003c\/i\u003e118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. EXECUTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Changing the Protocol \u003ci\u003eRichard Rossi\u003c\/i\u003e 123\u003cbr\u003e Capital Accountability \u003ci\u003eRoger W. Murray II\u003c\/i\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e Surviving an Execution Date \u003ci\u003eDominique Malon with Sam Hawkins\u003c\/i\u003e 131\u003cbr\u003e The Dog and Pony Show \u003ci\u003eRichard Rossi \u003c\/i\u003e137\u003cbr\u003e The Long Walk \u003ci\u003eDon Hawkins\u003c\/i\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e Inside the Death Chamber \u003ci\u003eStacy Abramson and David Isay\u003c\/i\u003e 145\u003cbr\u003e The Struggle for a Spirituality: Nicholas Ingram's Life, Final Days, and Execution \u003ci\u003eSister Ruth Evans\u003c\/i\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e Witnessing an Execution\u003ci\u003e Erika Trueman\u003c\/i\u003e 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. POEMS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recipe for Prison Pruno \u003ci\u003eJarvis Masters\u003c\/i\u003e 177\u003cbr\u003e So Many Times \u003ci\u003eMark Robertson \u003c\/i\u003e179\u003cbr\u003e To Be Seen, To Be Done \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Zephaniah\u003c\/i\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e Death Row Lament \u003ci\u003eJames Heard\u003c\/i\u003e 181\u003cbr\u003e You Are In \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen\u003c\/i\u003e 181\u003cbr\u003e Capital Existence \u003ci\u003eJames Heard\u003c\/i\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e My God \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen\u003c\/i\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e Living Death \u003ci\u003eKevin Brian Dowling\u003c\/i\u003e 183\u003cbr\u003e Oblique Sojourn \u003ci\u003eLeroy D. Cropper \u003c\/i\u003e184\u003cbr\u003e The Dungeon \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen \u003c\/i\u003e184\u003cbr\u003e Red Man \u003ci\u003eShoz Dijiji\u003c\/i\u003e 185\u003cbr\u003e Come Back to Me \u003ci\u003eKeith B. Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e Journey to Nowhere \u003ci\u003eRamon Rogers\u003c\/i\u003e 187\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the Ceiling \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen \u003c\/i\u003e188\u003cbr\u003e This Horror \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen \u003c\/i\u003e189\u003cbr\u003e A \"Not So Bad\" Man \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen \u003c\/i\u003e189\u003cbr\u003e Falling In \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen \u003c\/i\u003e190\u003cbr\u003e When It's at Your Door \u003ci\u003eMark Allen Robertson\u003c\/i\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e I Drew a Chessboard on My Bed\u003ci\u003e James Heard\u003c\/i\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e Find Out What You Seek \u003ci\u003eTracy A. Hansen\u003c\/i\u003e 195\u003cbr\u003e A Mental Mirage \u003ci\u003eMarion Wilson \u003c\/i\u003e195\u003cbr\u003e A Special Friend \u003ci\u003eTracy A. Hansen \u003c\/i\u003e196\u003cbr\u003e For You \u003ci\u003eJoan Warren\u003c\/i\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e I Think I'll Call It Morning \u003ci\u003eJames Heard\u003c\/i\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e Look into the Darkness \u003ci\u003eWilliam (Bill) Clark\u003c\/i\u003e 199\u003cbr\u003e Trying to Describe \u003ci\u003eMartin A. Draughton \u003c\/i\u003e200\u003cbr\u003e Before I Forget \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen \u003c\/i\u003e200\u003cbr\u003e My Poem \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen \u003c\/i\u003e201\u003cbr\u003e Death Row Poets \u003ci\u003eU. A. Fanthorpe \u003c\/i\u003e201\u003cbr\u003e Executioner \u003ci\u003eJames Armando Card Sr. \u003c\/i\u003e202\u003cbr\u003e The Wuornos Protocol - The Final Solution \u003ci\u003eJohn Huggins \u003c\/i\u003e203\u003cbr\u003e Nicky \u003ci\u003eSister Ruth Evans\u003c\/i\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e Knowing the Day \u003ci\u003eRogelio Reyes Cannady\u003c\/i\u003e 205\u003cbr\u003e Our Disgrace... \u003ci\u003eKarl Louis Guillen\u003c\/i\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e You Hide Where You Can't \u003ci\u003eTracy A. Hansen\u003c\/i\u003e 207\u003cbr\u003e Words That I Hear \u003ci\u003eEdwin Smith\u003c\/i\u003e 207\u003cbr\u003e My Final Prayer\u003ci\u003e Ray \"Running Bear\" Allen\u003c\/i\u003e 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. SHORT STORIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Day in the Life \u003ci\u003eMichael Wayne Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e 213\u003cbr\u003e Cat J \u003ci\u003eMichael Wayne Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e Fake Identity \u003ci\u003eWilliam Van Poyck\u003c\/i\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e Burnt Almonds \u003ci\u003eSteven King Ainsworth\u003c\/i\u003e 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. INTERVIEWING PRISONERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal \u003ci\u003eAllen Houghland\u003c\/i\u003e 239\u003cbr\u003e Prisoner Interviewing Prisoner \u003ci\u003eMartin A. Draughton\u003c\/i\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. CORRESPONDENCE, JOURNALS, AND A PRISON REPORT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Convent to Prison: A Correspondence \u003ci\u003eSister RUth Evans\u003c\/i\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e When and Where Will It End? \u003ci\u003eWilliam (Bill) Clark\u003c\/i\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e Open Letter from Idaho's Only Female Death Row Prisoner\u003ci\u003e Robin Lee Row\u003c\/i\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e Journal from Death Row Mississippi \u003ci\u003eTracy A. Hansen\u003c\/i\u003e 269\u003cbr\u003e Prison Madness in Mississippi \u003ci\u003eDr. Terry Kupers  \u003c\/i\u003e281\u003cbr\u003e An American Chronicle \u003ci\u003eRogelio Reyes Cannady\u003c\/i\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e Being Rushed to Death \u003ci\u003eRichard Rossi\u003c\/i\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e Scrappers: Giving In to Life\u003ci\u003e Sister Helen Prejean \u003c\/i\u003e298\u003cbr\u003e Organizations and Prison Writing Web Sites 301\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading 305\u003cbr\u003e Filmography 308\u003cbr\u003e Reading for Their Lives Projects 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400473026903,"sku":"9780252070990","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252070990.jpg?v=1730470771","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-for-their-lives-9780252070990","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}