Podcast appearances and mentions of George T Wilkerson

On today's episode of Felony Friday we have our second interview with an inmate on death row with Lyle May joining the show. Be sure to go back and listen to our interview from two weeks ago with death row inmate George T. Wilkerson. Prior to Lyle calling into the show , John is joined again by co-author on the Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row, Tessie Castillo. The book was the brain child of Tessie and she shares why people need to read it and some of the challenges she had to overcome to make this book reality. For the second part of the show, Lyle May calls in and provides a fascinating and engaging interview. He addresses topics that span from how he stays motivated on death row to his criminal justice reform proposals. Lyle was convicted of a double homicide in 1999 at age 19. While incarcerated he has managed to earn a GED and Associate's Degree. He has also published two books and is working on his third. Lyle has written for The Marshall Project, The J Journal, Prison Writers, and maintains a blog at Beyond Steel Doors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of Felony Friday we have our second interview with an inmate on death row with Lyle May joining the show. Be sure to go back and listen to our interview from two weeks ago with death row inmate George T. Wilkerson. Prior to Lyle calling into the show , John is joined again by co-author on the Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row, Tessie Castillo. The book was the brain child of Tessie and she shares why people need to read it and some of the challenges she had to overcome to make this book reality. For the second part of the show, Lyle May calls in and provides a fascinating and engaging interview. He addresses topics that span from how he stays motivated on death row to his criminal justice reform proposals. Lyle was convicted of a double homicide in 1999 at age 19. While incarcerated he has managed to earn a GED and Associate's Degree. He has also published two books and is working on his third. Lyle has written for The Marshall Project, The J Journal, Prison Writers, and maintains a blog at Beyond Steel Doors.

On today's episode of Felony Friday we have a first! The first interview with an inmate on death row. John was joined first by Tessie Castillo, who is a co-author of the Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row. Tessie shares her story about how she found herself writing a book with inmates on death row and why she is so passionate about getting these stories out. For the second half of the show John is joined by George T. Wilkerson. Wilkerson was sentenced to two death sentences on December 20, 2006. He is on death row in North Carolina. During his time on death row, Wilkerson has written many articles and recently co-authored the Crimson Letters - Voices from Death Row, which contains 30 compelling essays written in the prisoners' own words. Buy the Crimson Letters - Voices From Death Row Participate in the free book club with Tessie Castillo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of Felony Friday we have a first! The first interview with an inmate on death row. John was joined first by Tessie Castillo, who is a co-author of the Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row. Tessie shares her story about how she found herself writing a book with inmates on death row and why she is so passionate about getting these stories out. For the second half of the show John is joined by George T. Wilkerson. Wilkerson was sentenced to two death sentences on December 20, 2006. He is on death row in North Carolina. During his time on death row, Wilkerson has written many articles and recently co-authored the Crimson Letters - Voices from Death Row, which contains 30 compelling essays written in the prisoners' own words. Buy the Crimson Letters - Voices From Death Row Participate in the free book club with Tessie Castillo

For authors whose books were slated to publish during a pandemic, like Tessie Castillo’s, that usual release process has been turned on its head. Castillo is a journalist and the author of Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row, published by Black Rose on March 12, 2020, and co-authored by Michael J. Braxton, Lyle May, Terry Robinson and George Wilkerson; four men on death row in North Carolina. Castillo met her co-authors while conducting a journaling class. The project is a meditation on her unlikely friendship with the men—after all, classes conducted by outsiders on death row are indeed rare—and features thirty essays in the men’s own words about their experiences. We bid our outgoing Prison and Justice Intern Kate Cammell farewell with her final Works of Justice interview: a powerful conversation with Crimson Letters editor George Wilkerson about the power of storytelling and how he finds hope in his daily circumstance. Wilkerson is a PEN America Award winner for his 2018 Memoir “Limp Gray Fur.” His writing has been published in The Marshall Project, Compassion and The Upper Room. Intro by Mark Gallagher

This week on EOT: Phian Tran revives our poetry corner with prison poetry from George T. Wilkerson in Central Prison. She reads two poems that he sent to us: “Birth of a Revolution” and “Senseless.” An NC State professor is helping lead the maiden voyage of a semester program to the Cackalacky coast. Environmental Sciences professor Dr. Winner will bring a group of students to a semester at C-MAST, the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, on Bogue Sound in Morehead City. It’s a hands-on program offered to all majors and is now taking applications for next semester. Saba Khan tells us more. Jake Winters has a review of the film “Turbo-Kid,” a 2015 Canadian-New Zealand post-apocalyptic action horror comedy film. Nick Weaver reviews the newest album from Caravan Palace. And as always, Peter Svizeny brings us the Community Calendar and Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Headlines.

This week on EOT: Phian Tran revives our poetry corner with prison poetry from George T. Wilkerson in Central Prison. She reads two poems that he sent to us: “Birth of a Revolution” and “Senseless.” An NC State professor is helping lead the maiden voyage of a semester program to the Cackalacky coast. Environmental Sciences professor Dr. Winner will bring a group of students to a semester at C-MAST, the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, on Bogue Sound in Morehead City. It’s a hands-on program offered to all majors and is now taking applications for next semester. Saba Khan tells us more. Jake Winters has a review of the film “Turbo-Kid,” a 2015 Canadian-New Zealand post-apocalyptic action horror comedy film. Nick Weaver reviews the newest album from Caravan Palace. And as always, Peter Svizeny brings us the Community Calendar and Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Headlines.