Alison Gaylin + Colin McGrath
Author Alison Gaylin reads an excerpt from "Never Look Back," and songwriter Colin McGrath plays "Dear Aurora Grace," his musical response to Gaylin's book.
SongWriter turns stories into songs · Alison Gaylin, Ben Arthur, Colin McGrath
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Show Notes
Author Alison Gaylin reads an excerpt from "Never Look Back," a novel based loosely on the Starkweather murders. Gaylin discusses how Caril Ann Fugate was understood at the time to be a willing accomplice (she is portrayed that way in Springsteen's "Nebraska" and "Natural Born Killers," which were also based on the notorious murder spree), but points out that Fugate was just 14 years-old when she was kidnapped and raped by Starkweather.
Songwriter Colin McGrath discusses the book, and how hard it can be to tell his young daughter the sometimes-awful truth. He plays "Dear Aurora Grace," his musical response to Gaylin's book.
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