Jo Scott-Coe on the Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman

Rippling Pages: Interviews with Writers

"Kathy had a documentary impulse that is teaching us now."
Jo Scott-Coe returns to the Rippling Pages to talk about her latest book, UNHEARD WITNESS: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KATHY LEISSNER WHITMAN (University of Texas Press)
Jo is a previous guest of the podcast, joining us in Series 2 to discuss MASS (Pelekinesis), an account of Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower Shooter.
Listen to that episode here: https://ripplingpages.podbean.com/e/jo-scott-coe-on-mass/
Now she returns to discuss a follow-up to that book, the story of Whitman's wife, Kathy Leissner Whitman.
This show comes with a content warning - we do talk about some sensitive topics, such as domestic violence, so please do take care of yourself when listening.
Rippling Points

• Returning to the story: where the last book left us (2:30)
• How Kathy's letters tell the story: Being with Kathy's 'intimate testimony' to tell her powerful and painful story (19:30)

Reference Points

• Sylvia Plath
• Evan Stark
• Jane Monckton-Smith
  

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