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Kim Todd

Kim Todd is the author of four books of literary nonfiction, including the recent “Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s ‘Girl Stunt Reporters.’” Her articles and essays have been featured in Smithsonian, Sierra, Orion, and the Best American Science and Nature Writing anthologies. She teaches the history of literary journalism and other nonfiction subjects at the University of Minnesota. Her work can be found at www.kimtodd.com

The pioneering narrative work of "girl stunt reporters"

The pioneering narrative work of “girl stunt reporters”

A while ago, preparing to teach a literary nonfiction class, I reread Nellie Bly’s “Ten Days in a Mad House,” her account of going undercover in 1887 into Blackwell’s Insane…
February 24, 2022