Sara Paretsky
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Sara Paretsky is a renowned author known for her hard-boiled detective stories that often incorporate themes of social justice and women's rights. This interview reveals her commitment to mobilizing people around these issues and her frustration with societal norms that limit women's roles.
“Well, we were forbidden from taking part in any of these demonstrations. And so our strange experience, it was such a strange day in that neighborhood because everyone was in the park.”
“Oh, I don't know this world. I still don't know this world. But I would say in some ways it started with a chip on my shoulder. I think that's always been what gets me moving. And I had been reading crime fiction since childhood or early adolescence, rexed out. He grew up in the same part of Kansas that I did.”
“I felt like it was like Goldilocks. Some people are too creative, some people aren't creative enough, but someone, we had to have someone who was just right.”
“Chicago. I reported to her. And this was just a fluke. You know, I came here, my parents had sent me to secretarial school so that I would always have a skill Fallback on. And I went to an employment agency and they placed me here. It wasn't that I was drawn to this institution.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 561 — Sara Paretsky
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