• Essays

    When Fictionalizing True Crime, How Do You Avoid Exploitation?

    Character is key to crafting a sensitive story that is far from sensationalist.

    January 9, 2023  By Amanda Pellegrino
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    Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer Equates Queerness with Monstrosity

    "What happens...when you marry the aesthetics of Murphy’s brand and his straight pandering to a true crime story about Jeffrey Dahmer?"

    January 6, 2023  By John Copenhaver
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    7 Crime Movies That Should Have Been the First in a Series

    One movie wasn't enough. We wanted more.

    January 6, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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    My First Thriller: Diana Gabaldon

    Working the Night Shift

    January 6, 2023  By Rick Pullen
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    What the Political Satire "Wag the Dog" Can Teach Us About Propaganda, Narratives, and Putin's War in Ukraine

    The novelist behind "Wag the Dog" reflects on the book and the film adaptation's prescient lessons for using conflict to generate popularity.

    January 5, 2023  By Larry Beinhart
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    Good Company: Mickey Haller and the Enduring Appeal of 'The Lincoln Lawyer'

    Michael Connelly's lawyer and LA-operator guides readers through "the world without truth."

    January 5, 2023  By Bruce Riordan
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    Why We Can’t Quit the Apocalypse

    "[J]ust as every world tradition has a creation story—each one also has a destruction story"

    January 5, 2023  By Brandon Ying Kit Boey
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    Mr. Inbetween: It's Time to Appreciate the Genius of This Very Australian Noir

    Andrew Nette on the Australian/American hit man show that always defied expectations.

    January 4, 2023  By Andrew Nette
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    A Thin Place: Carole Johnstone on Moving to Scotland's Outer Hebrides

    "Places can change your life every bit as much as people, and the Isle of Lewis and Harris will always be the one that changed mine."

    January 4, 2023  By Carole Johnstone
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    Fashion, the Predominantly White Industry That Feeds Off Black Culture

    Twin sisters Amber and Danielle Brown on writing a novel about their experiences in the fashion industry

    January 4, 2023  By Amber and Danielle Brown
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