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In ‘Redemption,’ Lawrence Wright tells story of Texas nuns’ ministry to women on death row

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The Pulitzer Prize winner’s latest explores faith, forgiveness and the death penalty.

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Semafor
'Richly observed' profiles on death row (opens Semafor)
Published Oct 19, 2026
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Pulitzer winner Lawrence Wright’s latest book follows seven women facing execution in Texas and their relationship with a group of local nuns.
The Guardian
‘It speaks very poorly of us as a society’: Lawrence Wright on his book on death row and redemption (opens The Guardian)
Published Oct 20, 2026
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The Pulitzer prize-winning writer’s new book looks at the women on death row in Texas and the nuns who have been trying to help them It is “stunning”, the Pulitzer-winning reporter Lawrence Wright said, that Redemption, his new book about women on death row in Texas and the nuns who minister to them…
Texas Monthly
Lawrence Wright on the Women of Death Row and the Nuns Who Minister to Them (opens Texas Monthly)
Published Oct 20, 2026
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist came to believe that “redemption is possible.”
Texas Standard
In ‘Redemption,’ Lawrence Wright tells story of Texas nuns’ ministry to women on death row (opens Texas Standard)
Published Oct 21, 2026
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The Pulitzer Prize winner’s latest explores faith, forgiveness and the death penalty.