On this week’s 51%, we speak with author Rachel Monroe about her new book, which examines the complicated relationship between women and the crime genre.
I’m Elizabeth Hill, in for Allison Dunne and this is 51%. In her new book Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, Rachel Monroe crafts an illuminating study on women’s complicated relationship with crime. Using a combination of personal narrative, on-the-ground reporting, and a sociological examination of violence and media over the past 100 years, she explains why women are so drawn to this genre. As a warning parts of this interview contain the analysis of sensitive topics. We will be discussing the Columbine shooting, which may be difficult for some to listen to. Monroe says her book started as an examination of her own curiosity.
Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, published by Scribner.
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