Georgia State Professor’s New Book On The Sordid History Of The Floral Industry

In a new book, “Strange Bright Blooms,” Randy Malamud, regents professor of English at Georgia State University, explores flowers’ complicated place in human history. He joined WABE’s “Morning Edition” to discuss how flowers have been used to inspire, celebrate, shock, demean — and even commit crimes.

Christopher Alston contributed to this report.