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    The Year Ian Fleming Finally Started Writing His Novel

    The Year Ian Fleming Finally Started Writing His Novel

    Was he mostly just eager to avoid the looming responsibilities of real life?

    By John Higgs | February 8, 2023

    How Writing about Immigration Helped Me Find Home

    How Writing about Immigration Helped Me Find Home

    "it took the writing of an immigration thriller for me to accept my otherness."

    By Roxana Arama | February 8, 2023

    The Accidental Culinary Cozy Author

    The Accidental Culinary Cozy Author

    "[D]escribing Cajun cuisine in my Cajun Country Mystery series made me hungry and I thought it might have the same effect on readers..."

    By Ellen Byron | February 8, 2023

    On the 1968 Film Which Introduced the Trope of the

    On the 1968 Film Which Introduced the Trope of the "Black Guy Dies First"

    Spider Baby helped introduce the modern horror concept of the Black character existing solely to die"">"Spider Baby helped introduce the modern horror concept of the Black character existing solely to die"

    By Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris | February 7, 2023

    Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

    Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

    Or, a brief taxonomy of a very strange oeuvre.

    By J. D. O'Brien | February 6, 2023

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    By CrimeReads | February 6, 2023

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    • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
    • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
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    The Novelist As Method Actor

    By M. J. Rose | February 6, 2023

    Marcia Muller: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics

    By Neil Nyren | February 3, 2023

    On Writing While Dying

    By Steven Womack | February 2, 2023

    Capturing the Voice—and Honesty—of Adolescence

    Capturing the Voice—and Honesty—of Adolescence

    Young narrators are the witnesses who speak the truth in American literature.

    By Sterling Watson | February 2, 2023

    The Backlist: Revisiting Larry Brown's 'Father and Son' with Ace Atkins

    The Backlist: Revisiting Larry Brown's 'Father and Son' with Ace Atkins

    Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, reading the classics.

    By Polly Stewart | February 2, 2023

    Kwame Dawes on <em>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>

    Kwame Dawes on The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    Dawes, the great poet and critic, reflects on the legacy of the rhetorician and abolitionist Douglass, in the introduction to a new edition of his monumental autobiography

    By Kwame Dawes | February 2, 2023

    10 Crime Novels You Should Read This February

    10 Crime Novels You Should Read This February

    Featuring new books from Rebecca Makkai, Watler Mosley, Hank Phillippi Ryan, and more.

    By CrimeReads | February 1, 2023

    Is <em>Real Housewives</em> Lowkey the Best Crime Show On Television?

    Is Real Housewives Lowkey the Best Crime Show On Television?

    Real Housewives has become our modern-day film noir."">"It’s time we accept that Bravo’s Real Housewives has become our modern-day film noir."

    By Jumata Emill | February 1, 2023

    Natasha Lester On Fashion, Historical Fiction, and Female Spies

    Natasha Lester On Fashion, Historical Fiction, and Female Spies

    "[At last we’re seeing how much women contributed to past victories."

    By Molly Odintz | February 1, 2023

    The Deliverance of TLC's Sister Wives

    The Deliverance of TLC's Sister Wives

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