Tacenda Addenda
Works of Promise
Essays, articles, and poems
The Only Woman on Mississippi’s Death Row: A column by Elizabeth Reed and Sophia Nakos
Kids are still kids: A column by Sophia Nakos
Does compliance prevent incarceration?: A column by Sophia Nakos
The return of the executioner: A COLUMN BY ELIZABETH REED
Execution Anomalies: The New Normal: A column by Elizabeth Reed
Book review by chloe mohan
book reviews by Christopher Santiago
essays by Christopher Santiago
Christopher Santiago is serving a sentence of life without parole in South Carolina.
A Review of Paris Morton’s Las Vegas Dream, Las Vegas Nightmare
by Manuela S. P. Ludolf Gomes
A death row Notebook by a roving prison chaplain
Rev. Dr. Cari Willis worked for 20 years in the corporate world before hearing God's call to "go love." She never expected that she would end up ministering with those on death row. She now has close to 20 years in prison ministry and over 10 years traveling to see her friends who reside on the row. Her life has been transformed through her friendships. Cari received her Masters of Divinity at Duke Divinity School and her Doctorate of Ministry from Campbell Divinity school. She is a trained Chaplain and Spiritual Director.
Living with the Death Penalty: A column by Stella-Juniper Adams
Book review by Stella-Juniper Adams
Bleakhouse Briefing
EYES ON THE TIER
BY ALI M MATTAR
This is an essay by Ali Mattar, who describes himself as “an avid essayist who focuses on the human condition and how it relates to the complex world of incarceration. As long as [he] can write about something truthfully and freely, I am satisfied."
CONCRETE CIRCUS
BY ALI M MATTAR
This is an essay by Ali Mattar, who describes himself as “an avid essayist who focuses on the human condition and how it relates to the complex world of incarceration. As long as [he] can write about something truthfully and freely, I am satisfied."
TO BREATHE IN A WORLD WITHOUT AIR
BY ALI M MATTAR
This is an essay by Ali Mattar, who describes himself as “an avid essayist who focuses on the human condition and how it relates to the complex world of incarceration. As long as [he] can write about something truthfully and freely, I am satisfied."
Taking care of oneself
By ali m mattar
This is an essay by Ali Mattar, who describes himself as “an avid essayist who focuses on the human condition and how it relates to the complex world of incarceration. As long as [he] can write about something truthfully and freely, I am satisfied."
Prison Trauma: The Psychological Toll of Long-Term Incarceration
By ali M mattar
This is an essay by Ali Mattar, who describes himself as “an avid essayist who focuses on the human condition and how it relates to the complex world of incarceration. As long as [he] can write about something truthfully and freely, I am satisfied."
The power of Hope
By ali M Mattar
This is an essay by Ali Mattar, who describes himself as “an avid essayist who focuses on the human condition and how it relates to the complex world of incarceration. As long as [he] can write about something truthfully and freely, I am satisfied."
Review of Phillip vance smith’s book, Life
By Christopher Santiago
This review is of Phillip Vance Smith’s book, LIFE: Learning Instructions for Everyone… in Prison and Out. The reviewer is Christopher Santiago, who is serving a sentence of life without parole in South Carolina.
Life sentences
Poems and Observations by various authors
This collection features pieces by authors who engage with life and death sentences from a variety of perspectives.
The name is the game
A NEW ESSAY BY CHARLES HUCKELBURY
This essay will be featured in the 2023 issue of Tacenda Magazine: An Online Arts & Social Justice Journal, along with other essays that consider the role of language in shaping our perspectives of crime and punishment.
Death Row's Rainbow Effect: A Spectrum of Responses to Living under a Death Sentence
A NEW ESSAY BY GEORGE T. WILKERSON
This essay will be featured in the 2023 issue of Tacenda Magazine: An Online Arts & Social Justice Journal.