Thursday, September 14, 7:00PM
Scarecrow is thrilled to once again partner with Humanities Washington for this series of FREE online presentations exploring the intersection of popular media, history, and diverse cultures.
Registration is required for these events. Find the registration links below. You will receive the link to login the day before the event.
Please join us for these fun and informative talks!
Murder isn’t what it used to be. Explore the shifting role of the victim in detective novels, and how that shift reflects broader social changes.
From Poe and Sherlock Homes to British cozies and Hardboiled pulps, author Matthew Sullivan traces the many influences on the postwar and modern eras of the mystery genre and shows how empathy plays a unique role in contemporary crime novels—especially in today’s literary mysteries.
What does the way crime victims are portrayed say about a society’s culture? Join Sullivan to reflect on the special relationship between reading literature and experiencing empathy—on the page and in our daily lives.
Matthew Sullivan (he/him) is the author of the novelMidnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, which was an Indie Nextpick, a Barnes & Noble Discover pick, and winner of the Colorado Book Award. His essays and stories have appeared in the New York Times, Daily Beast, Spokesman-Review,Sou’wester,and elsewhere. He is currently a writing teacher and is working on a crime novel set in Soap Lake.
Sullivan lives in Anacortes.
