From letters written from and to Terry Lynn King, who has been an inmate on Tennessee’s death row since 1985. The correspondence was included in Death Row Welcomes You, by Steven Hale, which was published this month by Melville House.

terry king to a woman who was paralyzed at age twenty-two

I hope and trust this letter finds you doing well. As for me, I am doing great. As you may know last night I had the privilege of meeting your father and brother. We had an awesome visit. I wish you could have been…