Episode 399: Tessie Castillo and George Wilkerson
b'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'