Upon receiving his execution date, one of the thousands of men living on death row in the United States had an epiphany: “All there ever is, is this moment. You, me, all of us, right here, right now, this minute, that's love.” Right Here, Right Now collects the powerful, first-person stories of dozens of men on death rows across the country. From childhood experiences living with poverty, hunger, and violence to mental illness and police misconduct to coming to terms with their executions, these men outline their struggle to maintain their connection to society and sustain the humanity that incarceration and its daily insults attempt to extinguish. By offering their hopes, dreams, aspirations, fears, failures, and wounds, the men challenge us to reconsider whether our current justice system offers actual justice or simply perpetuates the social injustices that obscure our shared humanity.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Blutopia
- Part I: Sun Ra: A Starward Eye
- 1. Astro Black: Mythic Future, Mythic Past
- 2. Of Aliens and Angels: Mythic Identity
- Part II: Duke Ellington: Tone Parallels
- 3. In the Jungles of America: History Without Saying It
- 4. Zajj: Renegotiating Her Story
- Part III: Anthony Braxton: Crossroad Axiums
- 5. All the Things You Are: Legba's Legacy
- 6. Going to the Territory: Sound Maps of the Meta-Real
- Coda: House of Voices, Sea of Music
- Appendix
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index of Compositions and Recordings
- Index
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