Life Lines

So we endure. As the days turn to weeks, the weeks to months, the months to years, we endure.

Playing off the title of the hit NBC series by the same name, Rodney Taylor, Sr tells stories of folks on Death Row praying and playing, mourning and laughing. They may be “victims of American indifference,” but their lives are dynamic and multifaceted, not governed by the single story most often told about death row.

// Rodney Taylor, Sr.

I felt like I had gained a superpower.

Am I wrong for having a vision of establishing a life-changing dialogue with the world

Chess is not just a game. It is a way of life.

// Rodney Taylor, Sr.

I didn’t realize how much it meant to you until it was too late.

As the storm raged outside, we weathered it together.

// Bryan Bell

It was totally off limits. So of course it was the place I gravitated toward when stalling to take out the trash.

// Lyle May

Because there’s no higher calling than to embrace this moment of consciousness somewhere in the space between past and future.

// Timothy White

Your heaven lies at the feet of your mother

Elrico recites Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:15 in this piece and recounts a hadith (or saying) of the Prophet Muhammad.

// Elrico Fowler