From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts , a groundbreaking new anthology showcasing the future of the True Crime genre True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered.
Evidence of Things Seen introduces the new classics of True crime..
These works combine brilliant storytelling with incisive cultural examinations--and challenge each of us to ask what justice should look like.
And in doing so, it reveals how the genre of True Crime can be a catalyst for social change.
Edited by acclaimed writer Sarah Weinman, and with an introduction by attorney and host of the Undisclosed podcast Rabia Chaudry, this anthology pulls back the curtain on how Crime itself is a by-product of America\'s systemic harms and inequalities.
May Jeong reveals how the Atlanta spa shootings tell a story of America.
Justine van der Leun reports on the thousands of women in prison for defending themselves from abuse.
Wesley Lowery writes about a lynching left unsolved for decades by an indifferent police force and a family\'s quest for answers.
But what stories have been ignored? In Evidence of Things Seen, fourteen of the most innovative Crime writers working today cast a light on the cases that give crucial insight into our society.
From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts , a groundbreaking new anthology showcasing the future of the True Crime genre True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered
