BOOKS: ​“In This Timeless Time”

A new book, ​“In this Timeless Time: Living and Dying on Death Row in America,” authors Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian explore the life of death row inmates in Texas and in oth­er states. Jackson and Christian cap­ture, through words and pic­tures, the dai­ly expe­ri­ences of inmates while also high­light­ing arbi­trary judi­cial process­es relat­ed to cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment. Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, said, ​“With absolute fair­ness and pro­found hon­esty, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian car­ry us into the trag­ic world of a group of pris­on­ers liv­ing on a Texas Death Row. Through unfor­get­table sto­ries and pho­tos, we come to feel the suf­fer­ing, guilt, and con­fu­sion of these men, as well as their inex­tin­guish­able human dig­ni­ty.” Bruce Jackson is James Agee Professor of American Culture and SUNY Distinguished Professor of English at SUNY Buffalo. Diane Christian is SUNY Distinguished Teacher Professor of English at SUNY Buffalo.

(B. Jackson and D. Christian, ​“In this Timeless Time: Living and Dying on Death Row in America,” University of North Carolina Press, 2012). See Death Row. Read more books on the death penalty.