Rachel Monroe

Crime and Publishing: The Story of Jack Abbott and Norman Mailer
Remembering Jack Abbott, the convicted murderer who was Norman Mailer’s literary protégé.
Rachel MonroeJul 23, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- History
The Spirit Is Willing: On Colin Dickey’s “Ghostland”
Rachel Monroe reviews Colin Dickey’s “Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places.”
Rachel MonroeOct 31, 2016
- History
- Nonfiction
Seeing Flock of Dimes
Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner has released her first solo album, performing as Flock of Dimes.
Rachel MonroeOct 17, 2016
- Music
Death Stories
Rachel Monroe discusses a book on amateur sleuthing by Deborah Halber.
Rachel MonroeAug 21, 2014
- Nonfiction
Anders Behring Breivik and the Massacre on Utøya: on Aage Borchgrevink’s "A Norwegian Tragedy"
When a person commits an atrocity, our immediate, stuttering questions are why and how? Can reading a mass murderer’s own account answer those questions?
Rachel MonroeMay 12, 2014
Common Ground: Brenda Stevenson’s “The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins”
Rachel MonroeSep 29, 2013
The War on Murder: Sharon Tate and the Victims' Rights Movement
Rachel MonroeMar 31, 2013

Crime and Publishing: The Story of Jack Abbott and Norman Mailer