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Oct 13, 2026
Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)
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3:49Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And then in some ways, I think it's not in that I felt from the beginning that the story would get flattened in book form, no matter what.
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3:59Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
That there are so many little side quests, if you will, be it her relationship with her dad or this William McWilliams character who seems anomalous out of any suspects to the way that communities engaged in these really widespread self-defense mechanisms.
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4:18Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And I always thought to tell this as a linear story, which is the default of a book, would do a disservice.
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4:26Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And yet academia kind of requires that.
Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)
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3:40Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
I love this question because in some ways, I think it is in that I really, really wanted to tell Clementine's story.
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3:49Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And then in some ways, I think it's not in that I felt from the beginning that the story would get flattened in book form, no matter what, that there are so many little side quests, if you will, be it her relationship with her dad or this William McWilliams character who seems anomalous out of any suspects, to the way that community's engaged in these really widespread self-defense mechanisms.
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4:18Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And I always thought to tell this as a linear story, which is the default of a book, would do a disservice, and yet academia kind of requires that.
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4:30Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And so in some ways, it is the story that c- I felt could be told about Clementine if it had to be in a book format.
Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)
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3:40Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
I love this question because in some ways, I think it is in that I really, really wanted to tell Clementine's story.
L
3:49Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And then in some ways, I think it's not in that I felt from the beginning that the story would get flattened in book form no matter what, that there are so many little side quests, if you will, be it her relationship with her dad or this William McWilliams character who seems anomalous out of any suspects, to the way that community's engaged in these really widespread self-defense mechanisms.
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4:18Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And I always thought to tell this as a linear story, which is the default of a book, would do a disservice, and yet academia kind of requires that.
L
4:30Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And so in some ways, it is the story that c- I felt could be told about Clementine if it had to be in a book format, but I could imagine so many other ways to get this story out that would perhaps be more true and in, in that I mean actually messier than what academic writing, even for no trade audience, would actually warrant.
Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)
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3:49Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And then in some ways, I think it's not in that I felt from the beginning that the story would get flattened in book form, no matter what.
L
3:59Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
That there are so many little side quests, if you will, be it her relationship with her dad or this William McWilliams character who seems anomalous out of any suspects to the way that communities engaged in these really widespread self-defense mechanisms.
L
4:18Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And I always thought to tell this as a linear story, which is the default of a book, would do a disservice.
L
4:26Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And yet academia kind of requires that.
Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)
L
3:49Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And then in some ways, I think it's not in that I felt from the beginning that the story would get flattened in book form, no matter what.
L
3:59Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
That there are so many little side quests, if you will, be it her relationship with her dad or this William McWilliams character who seems anomalous out of any suspects to the way that communities engaged in these really widespread self-defense mechanisms.
L
4:18Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And I always thought to tell this as a linear story, which is the default of a book, would do a disservice.
L
4:26Lauren Nicole HenleyGUEST
And yet academia kind of requires that.