May 11th, 2005 · Allison Keyes tells the story of Evans Hopkins, a former civil rights activist serving a life sentence in prison. Hopkins has just released his memoir, Life after Life: A Story of Rage and Redemption.
May 9th, 2005 · Alex Chadwick talks with writer Bill Carter about his experience in Sarajevo during the mid-1990s, when the city was under siege by Bosnian Serbs. Carter chronicled his time there in his new book, Fools Rush In: A True Story of Love, War and Redemption.
Apr 21st, 2005 · Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the notorious Crips street gang, has been on San Quentin's death row since 1979. But behind bars, he's written nine children's books and urges young people to avoid the gang life. A profile of Williams' violent past and uncertain future.
Apr 7th, 2005 · Eleven years ago in Rwanda, Hutus began killing their tribal rivals the Tutsis. Over 100 days more than 800,000 people were massacred, including many Hutu moderates. How are Rwandans seeking justice and moving on from those traumatic experiences? And how have the media instigators of the violence been held accountable?
Mar 10th, 2005 · Hip-hop didn't always have a violent reputation. In fact, for many in the African-American community it was a revolution and a redemption. Author Jeff Chang chronicles the history of rap in his book Can't Stop, Won't Stop and how it continues to transform the world of popular music.
Oct 19th, 2004 · Joyce Carol Oates returns with The Falls, a haunting tale of tragedy and redemption. Set in Niagara, the waterfalls exert a deathly pull on two generations of a family. NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with the author.
Jul 15th, 2004 · Walter Mosley talks about race, rage and redemption -- all major themes of his latest Easy Rawlins mystery, Little Scarlet, set in Los Angeles during the 1965 Watts Riots. Hear the author read passages from the book, and read an excerpt.