Tanya Mosley

If you're just joining us, my guest is Amanda Knox. She's written a new memoir titled Free, My Search for Meaning. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air Weekend.

If you're just joining us, my guest is Amanda Knox. She's written a new memoir titled Free, My Search for Meaning. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air Weekend.

Amanda, I want to talk a little bit about your time in prison because you talk quite extensively or you write quite extensively about it in great detail, including you're a celebrity in there. I mean, there were women in there. That's a word. survive in prison, but also, I mean, it sounded like you were also making yourself of use.

Amanda, I want to talk a little bit about your time in prison because you talk quite extensively or you write quite extensively about it in great detail, including you're a celebrity in there. I mean, there were women in there. That's a word. survive in prison, but also, I mean, it sounded like you were also making yourself of use.

Amanda, I want to talk a little bit about your time in prison because you talk quite extensively or you write quite extensively about it in great detail, including you're a celebrity in there. I mean, there were women in there. That's a word. survive in prison, but also, I mean, it sounded like you were also making yourself of use.

Were they from nearby countries or the United States or what?

Were they from nearby countries or the United States or what?

Were they from nearby countries or the United States or what?

And so you write their letters.

And so you write their letters.

And so you write their letters.

You know, this makes me think about, I mean, when you arrived in Italy, you're 20 years old. You're just coming into your femininity, your sexuality, who you are as a woman, you and Raphael's relationship. You know, you had just gotten together a week prior. And you have all of these labels put on you on who you are as a sexual being.

You know, this makes me think about, I mean, when you arrived in Italy, you're 20 years old. You're just coming into your femininity, your sexuality, who you are as a woman, you and Raphael's relationship. You know, you had just gotten together a week prior. And you have all of these labels put on you on who you are as a sexual being.

You know, this makes me think about, I mean, when you arrived in Italy, you're 20 years old. You're just coming into your femininity, your sexuality, who you are as a woman, you and Raphael's relationship. You know, you had just gotten together a week prior. And you have all of these labels put on you on who you are as a sexual being.

I thought it was really, really interesting that you talked about how you came fully into your self-awareness of your body and your sexuality in prison.

I thought it was really, really interesting that you talked about how you came fully into your self-awareness of your body and your sexuality in prison.

I thought it was really, really interesting that you talked about how you came fully into your self-awareness of your body and your sexuality in prison.

You write in the book about your life as a child growing up in the Pacific Northwest, in the Seattle area, roaming free in the wilderness and being in the woods exploring. You're just kind of like a, it sounds like an outdoor kid. And the confines of prison, of course, is the opposite of that. What is your relationship to space now outside of prison?

You write in the book about your life as a child growing up in the Pacific Northwest, in the Seattle area, roaming free in the wilderness and being in the woods exploring. You're just kind of like a, it sounds like an outdoor kid. And the confines of prison, of course, is the opposite of that. What is your relationship to space now outside of prison?

You write in the book about your life as a child growing up in the Pacific Northwest, in the Seattle area, roaming free in the wilderness and being in the woods exploring. You're just kind of like a, it sounds like an outdoor kid. And the confines of prison, of course, is the opposite of that. What is your relationship to space now outside of prison?