Join Rediscovered Books and The Cabin for an evening with authors Kim Cross and J. Reuben Appelman as they discuss their new books and explore the ethical dilemmas of consuming and producing works of true crime. The event will be Tuesday, October 10, at 7:00 PM at the Hemingway Western Studies Center.
With the release of their latest books, In Light of All Darkness and While Idaho Slept – about, respectively, the notorious kidnapping and killing of Polly Klaas and the 2022 Moscow murders – Cross and Appelman are fluent in the agonizing ethical questions behind the research and writing of tragic stories. Where is the boundary between factual and sensational? Do these stories reopen old wounds or promote healing? Can true crime be more than entertainment, or even be a catalyst for positive social change?
This event is a partnership between Rediscovered Books and The Cabin’s Ghosts & Projectors reading series. Additionally, $5 from every ticket sold will go to Faces of Hope, a local nonprofit supporting those affected by domestic abuse and interpersonal violence.
KIM CROSS is a New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and historian known for meticulously reported narrative nonfiction. Her stories have been recognized in “Best of” lists by the New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review, The Sunday Longread, Longform, Apple News Audio, and Best American Sports Writing.
J. REUBEN APPELMAN has published across genres and has written and produced multiple feature documentaries. He executive produced Children of the Snow, the Hulu docuseries based on his research for his true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, about the Oakland County Child Killings. His most recent work is While Idaho Slept, about the 2022 murders in Moscow.
Tickets
Tickets range from $20 to $60:
$20 for Cabin Members and Students (no books included)
$25 for general admission (no books included)
$60 for general admission + copies of In Light of All Darkness and While Idaho Slept