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Loading... Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession (original 2020; edition 2020)by Sarah Weinman (Author), Patrick Radden Keefe (Introduction)
Work InformationUnspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession by Sarah Weinman (Editor) (2020)
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) loraineo | Apr 18, 2022 |  As the book went on and looked more at society, I felt the quality of the pieces went down and they sounded preachy as all too familiar moralizing re: against border patrol agents and racial/sexual orientation inequity regarding how missing persons cases are investigated, rants against gun violence began to leave me cold. I definitely got some good ideas to binge watch such as 'The Jinx' and 'The case against Adnan Syed.' and there is a list of books I may check out. Apparently, I am not alone in liking 'high-brow' true crime, but I still can't help feeling somewhat ashamed of it. (  ) jhowell | Dec 4, 2021 | If you have any interest in long-form journalism, I highly recommend this book. (  )1  RidgewayGirl | Jan 7, 2021 | ) KateHonig | Dec 3, 2020 | ) Salsabrarian | Oct 23, 2020 |
Unspeakable Acts, edited by author, editor and critic Sarah Weinman, works as both a superb collection of true crime writing and a text that looks at the nuances of our collective obsession with horrific murders, con men and serial killers in a historical and cultural context.... Those looking for titillating, gruesome chronicles of human depravity will find much to like here — and those who want great, smart writing and outstanding research that unveils things we would rather not look at under a microscope will be equally satisfied.... A collection of perceptive essays reveals the range of true-crime writing featured in magazines today. The essays, all published in the past few years, veer away from the typical true-crime formula, which tends to focus, as editor Weinman notes, on “beautiful dead white girls.” In this collection, women are at least as likely to be perpetrators of crime as victims, and the contributors are hyperaware, sometimes to a fault, of their inherent fallibility in reporting the truth of the events they're considering....A well-chosen sampling of writings from a rapidly expanding and developing field. Our fascination with true crime disturbs some—after all, aren’t we exploiting victims by enjoying the stories of their deaths? Not necessarily. With nuance and sensitivity, Weinman (The Real Lolita) curates essays that consider the explosion of interest in true crime, stories from the perspectives of victims, and tales that present new information about notorious killers. Prolific and masterful essayists explore our deepest fears, our desires, our need to be valued, and our tendency as a species to observe and learn from one another’s misfortune....VERDICT This enthralling volume insists that there can and should be humanity within true crime. Whether readers are spellbound or disgusted by the genre, this is a must. AwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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HTML: A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and popular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of The Real Lolita The appeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. With podcasts like My Favorite Murder and In the Dark, bestsellers like I'll Be Gone in the Dark and Furious Hours, and TV hits like American Crime Story and Wild Wild Country, the cultural appetite for stories of real people doing terrible things is insatiable. Acclaimed author ofThe Real Lolita and editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin), Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick" went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV showThe Act and Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning," is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all and as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. .No library descriptions found. |
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