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It was his last act. He was a showman to a very large degree.

His words were performances.

His acts were in some ways performative, and his execution was performed.

The trial was a big performance, and there was an egoism to it that Dostievsky saw

and that Dostievsky was captivated by it because he could see that egoism in Russian society,

you can still see it today.

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas. I'm also the host of the historical True Crime Podcast, Tenfold More Wicked, as well as the co-host of the new show, Buried Bones,

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I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show.

I've interviewed some people in person and some from my home studio over Zoom and they are all excellent writers.

They've had so many great true crime stories and now we want to tell you those stories with details that have never been published.

Tenfold More Wicked Presents Wicked Words is about the choices that writers make good and bad.

It's a deep dive into the stories behind the stories.

Kevin Birmingham is an author who specializes in pinning books about difficult writers,

but he's really good at making those writers feel accessible to the reader.

And Birmingham's latest book is a great example.

He unravels the story of a killer, a writer, and one of the most well-known books in literature.

So let's start with how you want to be introduced to the spelling

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