"Time Served is poetic proof of Carlos Contreras's personal and literary commitment to serve as a respectful and honest witness to painful struggles, dark corners, unexpected art, and honest humanity that exist in and outside of correctional facilities; exist in and outside of not-so-perfect, but loving families; and most definitely reside within all human beings."--Shelle Sanchez, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
"Time Served is a rich and rigid work cementing Carlos Contreras as a major voice of the American Southwest. In these tragic yet lovingly rendered confessions Contreras examines the physical and emotional prisons forced upon us."--Idris Goodwin, author of These Are the Breaks
