"Resonates with the moral force of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail."
--Boston Globe
"An important book [that] takes us into the bowels of hell...Abu-Jamal offers expert and well-reasoned commentary
on the justice system...His writings are dangerous."
--Village Voice
"A tough, true, timely book. You cannot read it and remain unmoved."
--E.L. Doctorow
"Brilliant in its specificity and imperative, Mumia Abu-Jamal's work is about why multitudes of people don't
overcome. It rings so true because he has not overcome."
--LA Weekly
"A rare and courageous voice speaking from a place we fear to know: Mumia Abu-Jamal must be heard."
--Alice Walker
Harper Collins Web Site, February, 2001
Summary
Here for the first time are the prison writings of Abu-Jamal--including the censored commentaries from NPR--an
unflinching account of the brutalities, humiliations and actrocities of prison life. Articulate and compelling,
the work is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding capital punishment and freedom of speech.
