Virtual "Murder, In Fact" Book Signing

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a Zoom book talk presented by Lana Whited, PhD, English professor at Ferrum College in Virginia. I was primarily interested in attending because Lana and I were colleagues and friends at Ferrum in the early '90's (we did a lot of our interacting as founding members of an organization we called Women on Campus). But I was also quite interested in the book itself, Murder, In Fact: Disillusionment and Death in the American True Crime Novel. 

I really appreciated hearing Lana's academic presentation on the history of the true crime novel (and began to learn the differences between Realistic and Naturalistic fiction). With the exception of a long-ago required undergraduate class, I haven't formally studied literature. I have over the years read several of the books in her analysis; the most memorable ones for me were An American Tragedy by Theorore Dreiser (haunting) and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (incredibly well crafted). I'm looking forward to delving into her book.

And I won one! The book talk organizers at Ferrum had five books to give away to randomly selected attendees. I was one!

Posted by book lover: Becky M.