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Joe R. Lansdale Remembers The Genesis of Hap and Leonard and Pays Tribute to Michael K. Williams

Joe R. Lansdale Remembers The Genesis of Hap and Leonard and Pays Tribute to Michael K. Williams

"People aren't standardized...That's what I liked about Leonard. He didn't fit a mold, in the way people I knew didn't fit a mold."

By Joe R. Lansdale | September 15, 2021

Five Books Featuring Paintings That Reveal Emotional Truths About Their Characters

Five Books Featuring Paintings That Reveal Emotional Truths About Their Characters

"Books that grapple with visual art tend to be grappling with these very concepts, the culmination of which is, most often, mortality itself."

By Katie Lattari | September 15, 2021

Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

"I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks."

By Dwyer Murphy | September 14, 2021

In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

In Praise of the Slow-Burn Suspense of South and East Asian Thrillers

There's a new wave of thrillers coming out of South and East Asia, and they're radically different from their Western counterparts.

By Amanda Jayatissa | September 14, 2021

Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

Working as a reporter left too many unanswered questions. Dahl wanted to know the answers.

By Julia Dahl | September 14, 2021

A Brief History of Giallo Fiction and the Italian Anti-Detective Novel

A Brief History of Giallo Fiction and the Italian Anti-Detective Novel

Fascist censors conspired against crime novels. Readers ate them up. Then a new generation of Italian writers, influenced by Kafka, deconstructed them.

By Guglielmo D'Izzia | September 13, 2021

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By CrimeReads | September 13, 2021

A Karachi Crime Reporter's Journey Through Gangland

By Samira Shackle | September 13, 2021

Edgar Allan Poe is The Perfect Literary Self-Help Hero For Our Uncertain Times

By Catherine Baab-Muguira | September 13, 2021

How One Wildly Popular Bootleg Recording Changed the Music Industry Forever

How One Wildly Popular Bootleg Recording Changed the Music Industry Forever

Inside the Wild and Wacky History of Underground Rock Recordings and the Early Days of Piracy

By Ralph Sutherland and Harold Sherrick | September 13, 2021

Newport, RI Is the Perfect Place for a Murder Mystery

Newport, RI Is the Perfect Place for a Murder Mystery

New England's dreamiest coastal town deserves some fictional danger of its own

By Alyssa Maxwell | September 10, 2021

The Most Anticipated Books of 2021: Fall and Winter Edition

The Most Anticipated Books of 2021: Fall and Winter Edition

63 crime novels, mysteries, thrillers, and nonfiction books to cozy up with this fall.

By CrimeReads | September 10, 2021

Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

Northern Irish writers are often instructed to tamp down their regionalism by London publishers. It's time to set aside safe bets and embrace unique voices.

By Stuart Neville | September 9, 2021

My First Thriller: James Grady

My First Thriller: James Grady

In 1971, a young Capitol Hill staffer walked by an old townhouse and wondered if it could be a CIA front. The idea would become Six Days of the Condor.

By Rick Pullen | September 9, 2021

Transformation and Transcendence in <br>1980s Body Horror

Transformation and Transcendence in
1980s Body Horror

On David Cronenberg, Clive Barker, and the embrace of the grotesque as a representation of lived experience.

By Darryl Jones | September 9, 2021

No One Has Ever Lived In The Past. So How Can Writers Accurately Represent History?

No One Has Ever Lived In The Past. So How Can Writers Accurately Represent History?

On The Challenges of Writing Historical Crime Fiction

By James R. Benn | September 9, 2021

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