Upon This Chessboard of Nights and Days : Voices from Texas Death Row

English

ISBN: 1933896361

EAN: 9781933896366

Category: Social Science / Penology/Literary Collections / General/Biography & Autobiography / General/

Publisher: Texas Review Press

Release Date: 12/22/2009

Synopsis: In this unique book, prisoners on Texas Death Row share their feelings, hopes, fears, and memories with the reader through a series of nonfiction pieces and original art. Excerpts: But the thing is, I dont want to get out of prison. This life is all Ive known for thirty years.--Perry Austin Death Row has one of the best collections of black widows Ive ever seen.--Les Bower . . . we will remain faceless and nameless inmates with just a number, lost and forgotten. . . .--Anibal Canales But when you pop the top of a Coca-Cola the smell of freedom is released.--Ivan Cantu So my life on deathrow is a struggle of equanimity, a testament of fortitude, and a story of indomitable will.--Derrick Johnson The thing is, none of us get a second chance--not really. Time passes us by and we have to live with the consequences of our actions, or in my case die for them.--Anthony Shore One can be physically incarcerated, but free in his mind, his thoughts, actions, and how he chooses to look at lifes journey.--Charles Thompson Most of us became lost souls as children.--Carlos Trevino Maybe someone will re-evaluate their life based on these few words and make a change for the better before it is too late.--Perry Williams

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Upon This Chessboard of Nights and Days : Voices from Texas Death Row

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 12.03 oz

Pages: 200