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    Weaving Social Issues Into Your Thrillers

    Amanda Traylor on commercial thrillers, entertainment, and finding characters who are engaged with the world around them.

    March 10, 2023  By Amanda Traylor
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    John Rechy Remembers His Friend, Writer Henry Turner

    The Edgar and Anthony-nominated author lives on in his vivid characters and lyrical prose.

    March 10, 2023  By John Rechy
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    Setting and Psyche: Using Unsettling Landscapes to Explore Human Darkness

    "Place makes us in ways both big and small—it shapes our language, our occupations, the pace at which we live."

    March 10, 2023  By Erica Waters
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    On the Hazy, Ethereal Noir of Inherent Vice

    Ethan Warren explains how Paul Thomas Anderson figured out how to capture the essence of the "un-adaptatble" Thomas Pynchon novel.

    March 9, 2023  By Ethan Warren
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    Roy Thomas on the History of Doctor Strange

    The legendary editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics shares secrets about the once-obscure sorcerer-superhero in his introduction to the new collection from The Folio Society

    March 9, 2023  By Roy Thomas
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    The Backlist: Revisiting Tim O'Brien's 'In the Lake of the Woods' with Angie Kim

    Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, returning to some of their favorite books.

    March 9, 2023  By Polly Stewart
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    Spirits, Scams and the Victorian Séance

    "Despite these many tricks and ploys, grieving people are desperate and often willing to believe anything."

    March 9, 2023  By Sarah Penner
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    We Got the Guy … Now What? A Look at Community Responses to Crime In Fiction

    Charlene Allen on novels that "highlight the community’s role in responding to crime where institutions fall short"

    March 9, 2023  By Charlene Allen
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    Witch Lit: Five Novels Featuring Witchcraft

    '“Witch lit” is a reminder that misogyny echoes through time. But it can also be a powerful, even joyful, reclamation of female strength and mystery"

    March 8, 2023  By Emilia Hart
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    On Social Justice and Crime Stories

    Anne Burt looks at "four recent crime novels that seamlessly thread issues of social justice throughout their propulsive storytelling."

    March 8, 2023  By Anne Burt
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