Right here, right now : life stories from America's death row /
"Right Here, Right Now collects the powerful first-person stories of dozens of men who are living on death row in the United States, offering a glimpse into the lives of some of the most marginalized people in America."--
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2021.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Henderson Hill
- I. The part that was innocent (early childhood, birth to five years old). Playing solitary
- Grandma shot Bob
- Ajar
- No questions asked
- Downpour
- Nigger lover
- Shelf life
- Not the worst fate
- Car ride
- Momma's boy
- Good habits
- II. Boot camp (elementary school, six to ten years old). It was reefer
- Blistered
- Ode to a pretty girl
- U-turn
- The monster
- Don't bring a gun to a knife fight
- Red, half-white, and blue
- Badge of honor
- Boot camp
- Lesson learned
- Better off dead
- Shake it off
- III. The drama was live (middle school, eleven to thirteen years old). You can be anything
- Bootleg
- Luxury
- Cop
- Man of the house
- Trance
- Tar pit
- Point blank
- Role model
- Elliot MF Jones
- Suspension of disbelief
- IV. From bad to worse (fourteen years old to arrest). A wrap
- JD
- When we were young
- Stinging bee
- Hands on
- On my own
- Ain't got no name
- Slap in the face
- Doing my job
- White devil
- Voices in the dark
- Finally
- Crossing over
- V. Given the circumstances (jail to trial and sentencing). A kind of peace
- Seeing the light
- Boy
- The quiet room
- Helpless
- Just like a frog
- The source
- I heard you
- Mercy on my soul
- Butterflies
- After the storm
- VI. Worst of the worst (entering death row and solitary). What you got?
- Worst of the worst
- Nursing home
- Combat readiness
- The hole
- Peanut
- Motel
- All these guys
- Word is bond
- VII. You are not here to be rehabilitated (life on death row). The raw
- Firstborn
- Valentine's Day
- Time lost
- Hugs
- I knew what was coming
- The real question
- For my heart only
- Guilt by association
- Pumping iron
- I became him
- Definitely Christmas
- Sidekick for life
- The huggy boys
- Cellar dwellers
- Your neighbor
- Beyond the wall
- Ten cents a minute
- You can do it
- The kind that never go away
- Making it home
- Someone was gonna die
- Sugar rush
- VIII. Every day's worth celebrating (facing execution). Deal the cards
- Weighing the cost
- The envelope
- Final hours
- Cruel and unusual
- Black and mild
- Something wasn't right
- Holy Week
- Dawn
- Afterword / Timothy B. Tyson.