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Michael Gonzales
Harlem native Michael A. Gonzales is a cultural critic, short story scribe and essayist who has written for The Paris Review, The Village Voice, Wax Poetics, The Wire UK, Maggot Brain and Pitchfork. His fiction has appeared in Under the Thumb: Stories of Police Oppression edited by S.A. Cosby, Taint Taint Taint, Dead-End Jobs: A Hit Man Anthology edited by Andrew J. Rausch, Black Pulp edited by Gary Phillips and The Root. Upcoming stories will appear in The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories edited by Maxim Jakubowski, Get Up Offa That Thing: Crime Fiction Inspired by James Brown edited by Gary Phillips, Killens Review of Arts & Letters and Obsidian Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora.
High Life: The Carnegie Deli Murders
In 2001, Michael Gonzales visited the apartment of a hospitable actress and dealer. Soon it would be the site of a notorious murder.
On The Art and Life of Jeffrey Catherine Jones
In 1970's New York City, Jones and a few artist friends reinvented what comic art could be.
A New York State of Mind: The Unexpected Bonding Powers of Billy Joel's Melancholy Noir
Michael Gonzales finds a lifeline to a city, a soundtrack for grief, and a way of remembering his father.
Bone, Blood & Bigots: On 'The Liberation of L.B. Jones'
A 1965 novel about racial injustice and police brutality in the Deep South was hailed by critics and made into a major movie. The story would haunt its author until the bitter end.
Money Ain’t a Thang: 'Paid in Full' and the Culture That Rose out of New York's Crack Era
In the 1980s, the city was ravaged by a new drug. But a new culture, born of the same streets, was on the rise, too.
Soul Assassin: The Brief Life and Death of Jerome Johnson
In 1971, somebody hired a young Black man to assassinate an Italian mafia boss. Five decades later, the mystery continues.
Brooklyn Bad Boyz:
The Night I Was Shot
In 2011, Michael Gonzales was shot on his doorstep in Brooklyn. Unexpectedly, the bullet traced back to a legendary hip-hop feud.
The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday
In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.
A Brief History of the Heroes of Black Pulp
Finding inspiration and representation in the slam-bang cool of Black Pulp, past & present.
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