• Culture

    I Was a Teenage Pop Culture Detective

    Hector DeJean on the delights of discovering cultural offerings in the days before the internet.

    March 16, 2023  By Hector DeJean
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    Writing the Forest and the Trees

    "I consciously constructed each detail, because living somewhere so different made me hyper-aware of each detail."

    March 16, 2023  By Vibhuti Jain
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    Oscar Isaac will play Kurt Vonnegut in a new crime series

    In the show, before Vonnegut becomes a successful author, he hunts a murderer on Cape Cod. Apparently.

    March 15, 2023  By Dan Sheehan
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    J.A. Jance on Creating Believable Characters

    Behind every character that graces the page, there's a life story waiting to be discovered.

    March 15, 2023  By J.A. Jance
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    James R. Benn On Finding Inspiration in the Strangeness of Everyday Moments

    Or, who's buried in Guy Topper's grave?

    March 15, 2023  By James R. Benn
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    A Sense of Place and The Weight of History: On Setting and Fiction

    "Setting is absolutely key, an extra dimension and a character that changes as much as any other."

    March 15, 2023  By Ian Moore
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    March 13, 2023  By CrimeReads 
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    The Joys of Researching Your Next Novel

    Connor Sullivan on cold calls, reality TV, and secret branches of US Intelligence.

    March 13, 2023  By Connor Sullivan
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    What I Learned from Book Clubs Reading My Novels

    "For an invited author, book clubs are not salons."

    March 13, 2023  By Frederick Weisel
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    Roadmapping Poker Face’s First-Season

    Rian Johnson’s case-of-the-week mystery series plays with many different episode structures. Justin Hairston breaks them down.

    March 10, 2023  By Justin Hairston
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