Nonfiction
Unloaded Vol. 2
Bestselling authors like Chris Holm, Lori Rader-Day, Bill Crider, Laura McHugh, James Ziskin and John Rector along with many more join together to call for an end to the needless violence and a start to a reasoned debate. With a forward by legendary Sara Paretsky, Unloaded Vol. 2 is a book we wish wasn’t needed. But staying silent is no longer an option.
Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing
In a preface written specifically for the published version, Paretsky offers a powerful indictment of sexism in the academy and how it affected her own life and work.
Writing in an Age of Silence
In this powerful book, Sara Paretsky explores the traditions of political and literary dissent that have informed her life and work, against the unparallelled repression of free speech and thought in the US today.
Afterword to The Brothers Karamozov
Read from the afterword Sara wrote for this new edition of The Brothers Karamozov.
In Chicago, We've Fought to Stand Together
From The Washington Post, August 24, 2008: On Saturday, Aug. 6, 1966, Chicago's southwest side was quieter than even the small Kansas town where I grew up. The five-room bungalows—the city's signature residences—were empty behind their lacy curtains. Even the children had disappeared.
Terror in the Name of Jesus
From The Guardian, June 1, 2009: As of 30 May, abortion providers in America had experienced 15,124 acts of violence. On 31 May, the number rose to 15,125. Dr George Tiller was murdered at church in Wichita, Kansas. His wife, who was singing in the choir, was a witness.
Ode to the Season: When Your Landord is a Precinct Captain
From The Chicago Tribune, December 18, 2008: I came to Chicago from Kansas in 1966 to do community service work in Gage Park, near where Martin Luther King and Al Raby were trying to organize for open housing and social justice. It was a turbulent time in the city, but during my summer on the South Side, I developed a passion for Chicago.
Refusing to Allow Pressure to Silence a Critical Voice
From The Chicago Tribune, April 1, 2007: The night we began our invasion of Iraq—March 20, 2003—I was speaking at the Toledo public library. The day before, my speakers bureau told me that the library wanted me to change my proposed remarks; my talk on how the Patriot Act was affecting writers, readers and libraries was too political.
Bush's Pick a Reminder of What's Not Right
From The Chicago Tribune, January 7, 2007: From the beginning of his presidency, George W. Bush has done his best to undermine a woman's right to adulthood. His latest effort has been to appoint Eric Keroack to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Population Affairs.
Truth, Lies, and Duct Tape
Maybe you already knew that the Patriot Act lets law enforcement people search libraries, bookstores, and even our homes without probable cause. Or that librarians who say the FBI was there can go to jail for an indefinite period of time. I didn’t know any of that, let alone that police or FBI have seized circulation records from almost twenty percent of our country's libraries.
Writers on Writing
Some months ago, I had a letter from a reader who was so furious she covered four pages by hand, demanding to know why my books are “infested” with political issues. “When I buy a mystery I expect to be entertained and when you bring in all that stuff about homeless people, you aren't entertaining me.”