California / Essays / Lifers/Long Term Sentences / Memoir / Michael Wayne Hunter (CA) Old Diaz By Michael Wayne Hunter “Lock up! Lock up!” Officer Diaz, a squat, aging man, gratingly bellowed, shattering my… August 18, 2012
Essays / Everyday Life / Lifers/Long Term Sentences / Santonio Murff (TX) / Texas A Day in the Life of a Lifer… I Gotta Say It Was A Good Day By Santonio D. Murff A sunny blue sky and a cool summer breeze greeted me as I bounced… August 10, 2012
Death Row / Essays / Fiction / Florida / William Van Poyck (FL) Death by Dominoes A Short Story By William Van Poyck When the assassins come they kill everyone. That is what you… August 3, 2012
Death Row / Essays / Memoir / Texas / Thomas Bartlett Whitaker (TX) No Mercy for Dogs Part 5 by Thomas Bartlett Whitaker Part 4 can be read HERE It would be highly illogical of me to… August 1, 2012
Death Row / Essays / Memoir / Texas / Thomas Bartlett Whitaker (TX) No Mercy for Dogs Part 4 by Thomas Bartlett Whitaker Part 3 can be read HERE In an essay on Proust, Samuel Beckett wrote… July 27, 2012
Education / Essays / Lifers/Long Term Sentences / Pennsylvania / Reginald Sinclair Lewis (PA) The Circuitous Route of Books By Reginald S. Lewis A cold, blustery wind blew furiously through Graterford maximum-security prison in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. I… July 20, 2012
Christi Buchanan (VA) / Crime and Punishment / Essays / Friendship / Parenting from Prison / Virginia The Ring by Christi Buchanan Adoption is a cold, sterile thing. No pomp. No ceremony. A child is born, a… July 14, 2012
California / Essays / Lifers/Long Term Sentences / Michael Wayne Hunter (CA) / Relationships/Love Rene By Michael Wayne Hunter “Hunter,” a guard shoved mail through my cell bars. No one knows I’m here,… July 6, 2012
Death Row / Essays / Texas / Thomas Bartlett Whitaker (TX) So Much for Decency… By Thomas Bartlett Whitaker Several months ago, I had to write a short paper on the 17th century… June 30, 2012
Essays / Everyday Life / Lifers/Long Term Sentences / Relationships/Love / Santonio Murff (TX) / Texas Retired from the Game by Santonio Murff “Umm . . . excuse me, miss.” I halted the sensuous stride of the six-feet… June 22, 2012
