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Scott Adlerberg

Scott Adlerberg
Scott Adlerberg is the author of four novels, including Graveyard Love and Jack Waters. His new novel, The Screaming Child, will be out in July 2023.  Every summer, he hosts the Word for Word Reel Talks film commentary series in Bryant Park in Manhattan.  He lives in Brooklyn.


Lone Woman and Cub: The Divergent Paths of Two Neo-Noirs

A double feature with John Cassavetes' 'Gloria' and Erick Zonca's 'Julia'

January 13, 2023  By Scott Adlerberg
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The Complicated Life of Leo Marks

An early fascination with Edgar Allan Poe coursed through his work as a wartime cartographer and later, a provocative screenwriter.

September 29, 2022  By Scott Adlerberg
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Jason Starr on Satire, Alternate Realities, and Failing Marriages

Starr discusses his new reality-bending, Philip K. Dick inspired crime novel.

July 1, 2022  By Scott Adlerberg
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Ishmael Reed’s Hoodoo Detective

The 1972 cult crime novel that explores Black identity, African religion, civilizations at war, and all of recorded history.

April 6, 2020  By Scott Adlerberg
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Borges, Bioy Casares and the Dawn of Argentine Mystery

The Literary Icons Who Brought Detective Fiction to Argentina

July 25, 2018  By Scott Adlerberg
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The Power of Pulp Fiction: Girl Gangs, Biker Boys and More

On the Counterculture Politics of Trashy 1950s Novels

December 7, 2017  By Scott Adlerberg
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Vernon Sullivan: The Bestselling Writer Who Didn't Exist

How Boris Vian Went Way Beyond Cultural Appropriation

March 30, 2017  By Scott Adlerberg
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If Nabokov Wrote Thrillers...

The Tale of Gaito Gazdanov, Lost White Russian Writer of Genius

July 14, 2016  By Scott Adlerberg
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