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Title:

Writing for their lives : death row U.S.A. / edited by Marie Mulvey-Roberts ; foreword by Jan Arriens.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xix, 309 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Death row--United States.
Capital punishment--United States.
Prisoners' writings, American.
Death row inmates--United States--Interviews.
Death row inmates--United States--Correspondence.

Other Authors:

Mulvey Roberts, Marie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-307). Includes filmography: p. [308]-309.

Contents:

Witnessing an execution / Erika Trueman -- Introduction : Death sentences / Marie Mulvey-Roberts -- The Essays and speeches on the death penalty -- I will not stand for it / George Ryan -- America does not need capital punishment / Michael B. Ross -- My turn / William Van Poyck -- The ring decision and what it means / Richard Rossi -- Is there such a thing as closure? / Richard Rossi -- Not in my name / Celeste Dixon -- The electric chair and the chain gang : choices and challenges for America's future / Stephen B. Bright -- [pt.] 2. Accounts of life on death row -- Working against the death penalty / Marie Deans -- Daily events / Richard Rossi -- Running in : cell extraction / Hank Skinner -- Conditions on death row, Terrel Unit, Texas / Terry Kupers -- California's death row / Michael Wayne Hunter -- It's time for me to die : an inside look at death row / Michael B. Ross -- Dave / Michael Wayne Hunter -- A visit from mom / Martin A. Draughton -- Skirting the rules / Richard Rossi -- Scars / Jarvis Masters -- Transcending / Martin A. Draughton -- [pt.] 3. Execution -- Changing the protocol / Richard Rossi -- Capital accountability / Roger W. Murray II -- Surviving an execution date / Dominique Malon with Sam Hawkins -- The dog and pony show / Richard Rossi -- The long walk / Don Hawkins -- Inside the death chamber / Stacy Abramson, David Isay -- The struggle for a spirituality : Nicholas Ingram's life, final days, and execution / Ruth Evans -- Witnessing an execution / Erika Trueman --
The My final prayer / Recipe for prison pruno / Ray "Running Bear" Allen -- So many times / Mark Robertson -- To be seen, to be done / Benjamin Zephaniah -- Death row lament / James Heard -- Your are in / Karl Louis Guillen -- Capital existence / James Heard -- My God / Karl Louis Guillen -- Living death / Kevin Brian Dowling -- Oblique sojourn / Leroy D. Cropper -- The dungeon / Karl Louis Guillen -- Red man / Shoz Dijiji -- Come back to me / Keith B. Taylor -- Journey to nowhere / Ramon Rogers -- Beyond the ceiling / Karl Louis Guillen -- This horror / Karl Louis Guillen -- A "not so bad" man / Karl Louis Guillen -- Falling in / Karl Louis Guillen -- When it's at your door / Mark Allen Robertson -- I drew a chessboard on my bed / James Heard -- Find out what you seek / Tracy A. Hansen -- A mental mirage / Marion Wilson -- A special friend / Tracy A. Hansen -- For you / Joan Warren -- I think I'll call it morning / James Heard -- Look into the darkness / William (Bill) Clark -- Trying to describe / Martin A. Draughton -- Before I forget / Karl Louis Guillen -- My poem / Karl Louis Guillen -- Death row poets / U.A. Fanthorpe -- Executioner / James Armando Card Sr. -- The wuornos protocol, the final solution / John Huggins -- Nicky / Ruth Evans -- Knowing the day / Rogelio Reyes Cannady -- Our disgrace... / Karl Louis Guillen -- You hide where you can't / Tracy A. Hansen -- Words that I hear / Edwin Smith -- My final prayer / Ray "Running Bear" Allen --
An Reading for their lives projects. A day in the life / Helen Prejean -- Cat J / Michael Wayne Hunter -- Fake identity / William Van Poyck -- Burnt almonds / Steven King Ainsworth -- [pt.] 6. Interviewing prisoners -- Interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal / Allen Houghland -- Prisoner interviewing prisoner / Martin A. Draughton -- [pt.] 7. Correspondence, journals, and a prison report -- From Covent to prison : a correspondence / Ruth Evans -- t When and where will it end? / William (Bill) Clark -- Open letter from Idaho's only female death row prisoner / Robin Lee Row -- Journal from death row Mississippi / Tracy A. Hansen -- Prison madness in Mississippi / Terry Kupers -- An American chronicle / Rogelio Reyes Cannady -- Being rushed to death / Richard Rossi -- Scrappers : giving in to life / Helen Prejean -- Organizations and prison writing Web sites -- Further reading -- Filmography -- Reading for their lives projects.

ISBN:

9780252070990 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252070992 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005022123

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

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