‘Alice and Freda Forever’s’ Alexis Coe on a Shocking, Forgotten Case of Teenage Lesbian Murder

By Karen Abbott on Oct 9, 2014 - Flavorwire

Karen Abbott, the author of the new Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, and Alexis Coe, the author of Alice + Freda Forever, feel like historian soulmates: both women have done wonderful jobs in their respective books, two of fall’s best, reviving hidden stories of groundbreaking women from the 1800s (even if there’s a 30-year difference). Both books are immaculately researched and enticingly written, the sort that you’ll stay up all night reading with a flashlight under the covers. Coe previously interviewed Abbott for The Toast (where she is a columnist), so we wanted to see what would happen if Abbott interviewed Coe. Click through to read the resulting interview. … Read More