Mr. Hinton spent 30 years on death row in Alabama before being exonerated and released. His memoir, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row, has received national praise and was selected for the Oprah Winfrey Book Club. He will visit Merced to give a distinguished lecture.

Book Discussions at Merced County Libraries 

March 24, Merced: Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor of Sociology, UC Merced

April 7, Atwater: Jesus Cisneros, Assistant Dean, Graduate Division, UC Merced

April 21, Livingston: Nigel Hatton, Associate Professor of English, UC Merced

April 22, Merced: Christina Lux, Associate Director of the Center for the Humanities, UC Merced