Tacenda Addenda

Works of Promise

Prison Trauma: The Psychological Toll of Long-Term Incarceration

By ali matter

This is an essay by Ali Matter, 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 Matter

This is an essay by Ali Matter, 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 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.