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Jim Ruland
Jim Ruland on writing a campus heist novel inspired by Bad Bunny and 'Bullet Train'
The author of
Mightier Than the Sword
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| October 27, 2026
The Intersection of Punk and Crime in Pop Culture and IRL
Or, let's go do some crimes!
By
Jim Ruland
| May 26, 2023
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Changed My Life
On Leaving the Navy and Finding Jim Thompson and Black Lizard
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| August 1, 2018
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