Katherine Dykstra in conversation with Kevin Cook - Virtual Event

Katherine Dykstra is a writer, editor, and teacher. Her essays have been published in the Washington PostPoets & Writers, and Real Simple, among other periodicals. She lives with her husband and two children in New Jersey.

A former senior editor at Sports IllustratedKevin Cook is the author of Titanic ThompsonTommy's HonorKitty Genovese and The Dad Report. He lives in New York City.


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Event date: 

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 7:00pm

Event address: 

2342 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
What Happened to Paula: On the Death of an American Girl By Katherine Dykstra Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9780393651980
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 15th, 2021

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A riveting investigation into a cold case asks how much control women have over their bodies and the direction of their lives.


Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America By Kevin Cook Cover Image
$15.95
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ISBN: 9780393350579
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 16th, 2015

"Vividly transforms Ms. Genovese from an iconic urban martyr to a three-dimensional protagonist in a case that transformed the criminal justice system." —Sam Roberts, New York Times