Favorite books:
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho
The Famished Road by Ben Okri
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodking
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
Pryor Convictions by Richard Pryor
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
Soledad Brother by George Jackson
Monkey, a Chinese folktale
Favorite music
I like old school Reggae but there's no stations here in Texas that
plays any. My favorite R&B artists are Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, John
Legen, Al Green, Eddie Kane, and Erykha Badhu. I like Amy Wineglass.
The Coup is my favorite Rap group. Biggie is still my favorite
lyricist. Kenneth Foster is my favorite spoken word artist
Howard is an artist and spends a lot of time drawing and sketching.
However, there is only so much inspiration available in the bowels of
Texas Death Row, and he would love for folks on the outside to send
him pictures and images of landscapes, animals, and interesting people
or perspectives that he could reference in his drawings. People
interested in getting a portrait of themselves drawn can submit a
picture of themselves and at the end of the month he will choose his
favorite to draw and post the portrait on this site.
2. Books on Howard's Wish-list:
a. Any photography books (no nudes)
b. Art books
c. The Yoga Bible
d. Phantom by Terry Goodking
e. The Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams
f. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
g. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
h. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
i. Love by Nikki Giovanni
j. Any books by Asha Bandele, Victor Villisenor, Paulo Coelho, Pablo Neruda
3. Magazine's on Howard's Wishlist
a. National Geographic
b. Popular Science
c. XXL
d. Time
e. Artist
f. Southwestern Art
g. Black Enterprise
h. Essence
i. Mother Jones
j. Voice
k. Men's Health
Being unjustly locked up for the past decade and a half means that
Howard has not been able to do a lot, from normal everyday things to
once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Here are just a couple of things he's
missed doing. The next time you do one of these things, think of
Howard, and drop him a letter.
a. Hug my mother (but you can hug your own mother and tell me her reaction)
b. Watch the sunset
c. Sky-dive
d. Make sweet love
e. Eat a shrimp Poboy
f. Cut one in an elevator full of people (I dare you)
g. Lose ten pounds
h. Drink a longneck
i. Listen to Bob Marley's Legend album