Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of Talking to Strangers. He is also the first person speaker throughout the text. His colloquial and accessible voice allows him to present a complex network of information in an approachable manner. A renowned nonfiction writer, his Talking to Strangers work is interested in examining the flawed techniques people use to communicate with one another. By making a specific claim regarding defective communication methods between strangers at the start of the text, Gladwell asks his reader to examine the entirety of the text through this lens.

Sandra Bland

Sandra Bland is the 28-year-old African American woman pulled over by Brian Encinia in Texas in July of 2015. The day before her arrest, Bland moved to Texas from Illinois to begin a new job at the local university. She had had a history with depression and anxiety, facets of her history Encinia failed...