All stories are worth telling well, but especially the difficult ones, says Nancy Rommelmann, when we need the writer's assurance as we walk down the dark passage
A reading of, "What Man Can Do To Man: 13 True Crime Books That Get It Right," by Nancy Rommelmann, which ran May 8, 2022, on Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em on Substack. Head over there for all the deets! But quick crib/links for the books:
Shot in the Heart, by Mikal Gilmore
Lost Girls, by Robert Kolker
Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn
The Adversary, by Emmanuel Carrere
Columbine, by Dave Cullen
Down City, by Leah Carroll
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, by Michelle McNamara
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
The Journalist and the Murderer, by Janet Malcom
Helter Skelter, by Vincent Bugliosi
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
Crossed Over, by Beverly Lowry
Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer