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

"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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