Still surviving

the long version

This volume provides a first-hand account of a teenager growing up on Texas death row in one of the most brutal of prisons in the United States. Nanon Williams (b. 1974) invites readers into his hellish world. Readers learn of a boy growing into manhood on his own terms while in prison and his capacity for surviving violence and racism through many devastating experiences. Williams tells readers how he has managed to survive, having been convicted of murder, even though he maintains he was falsely accused. He shows the human face of people whom society has defined as monsters and reveals shocking examples of sadistic, inhumane behavior of prison guards and other inmates.