Books.
Nanon began writing on death row. In solitary confinement he was allowed five sheets of paper a month and a pencil no longer than three inches. He has published four books since, one of them co-authored.
2003, autobiography
Still Surviving
The arrest, the trial, the years on Texas death row, and the man who grew up there. Nanon's own account of surviving a place built to break him.
First published 2003. Revised edition 2013, goodmedia press, with a foreword by Robyn Short.
2002, stories and interviews
The Darkest Hour
Stories and Interviews from Death Row
Stories and interviews gathered from the men living the same reality, widening the lens past his own case to the conditions of death row itself.
First published 2002. Second edition 2012, goodmedia press.
2014, nonfiction, co-authored
The Darkest Hour
Shedding Light on the Impact of Isolation and Death Row in Texas Prisons
What severe isolation does to the men who live under it, told through their own stories of trauma, survival and growth, and the dignity they fight to keep.
Published 2014, goodmedia press. Written with Dr. Betty Gilmore, with a foreword by Susan Sarandon.
2000, poetry
The Ties That Bind Us
Poems written in solitary confinement on Texas death row. Raw reflections on isolation, endurance, and the need for human connection.
First published 2000. Revised edition 2013, goodmedia press.
Every edition, including e-books, is listed on his author page.
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