Episode 399: Tessie Castillo and George Wilkerson
Tessie Castillo, a journalist covering criminal justice reform, and George Wilkerson, a prisoner on death row in North Carolina, are two of the co-authors of Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row.\n\n\n\u201cI want other people to see what I see, which is that the men on death row are human beings. They\u2019re incredibly intelligent and insightful and they have so many redemptive qualities...I don\u2019t think I could really convey that as well as if they get their own voice out there. So I wanted this book to be a platform for them and for their voices.\u201d \u2013Tessie Castillo\n\n\u201cFor me, writing was like a form of conversation with myself or with my past, like therapy. So I just chose these periods in my life that I didn\u2019t really understand and that were really powerful and impactful to me, and I just sat down and started writing to understand them and make peace with them.\u201d \u2013George Wilkerson \n\nThanks to Mailchimp for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@TessietheWriter\nCastillo's archive\n[06:15] "A Second Chance" (Slate \u2022 May 2014)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices