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The Strange Cultural Legacy of <em>Charlie's Angels</em>

The Strange Cultural Legacy of Charlie's Angels

The Angels have always existed in the borderlands between feminism and the patriarchy.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 15, 2019

Crimen Latino: Latin Crime Fiction Is the Genre’s New Wave

Crimen Latino: Latin Crime Fiction Is the Genre’s New Wave

The new noir moves between borders, languages, and cultures.

By Gabino Iglesias | November 15, 2019

25 Years Later, Reconsidering the Fallout from <em>Heavenly Creatures</em>

25 Years Later, Reconsidering the Fallout from Heavenly Creatures

A real-life story of love, coming-of-age, murder, film adaptation, and pseudonymous crime writing.

By Nile Cappello | November 15, 2019

The Playboy and the Publisher: A Murder Story

The Playboy and the Publisher: A Murder Story

The tragic tale of Willoughby Sharp, dilettante Golden Age crime writer, and Claude Kendall, his golden boy publisher

By Curtis Evans | November 14, 2019

Brooklyn Bad Boyz: <br>The Night I Was Shot

Brooklyn Bad Boyz:
The Night I Was Shot

In 2011, Michael Gonzales was shot on his doorstep in Brooklyn. Unexpectedly, the bullet traced back to a legendary hip-hop feud.

By Michael Gonzales | November 13, 2019

Femmes Fatales<br> and the Shattering of the <br>Capitalist Dream

Femmes Fatales
and the Shattering of the
Capitalist Dream

Reconsidering a 20th century crime trope, and what it says about the evolution of noir.

By Nick Kolakowski | November 13, 2019

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When You Write Your Worst Fears in Your Novel—And Then They Come True

By Amber Cowie | November 12, 2019

Motherless Brooklyn Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 8, 2019

The Most Cathartic Moments of Movie Violence

By Zach Vasquez | November 8, 2019

An Ode to Laura Lee

An Ode to Laura Lee

In researching the world of sex for pay, I met a fierce activist and escort who would change my perception of sex work forever.

By Kirstin Innes | November 6, 2019

The Veracity and Heart of Modern Action Thrillers

The Veracity and Heart of Modern Action Thrillers

Infusing Esoteric Fact and Heritage into Fast-Paced Crime

By Tori Eldridge | November 6, 2019

Havana: A World Capital of Crime Fiction

Havana: A World Capital of Crime Fiction

Crime and the City Visits Cuba

By Paul French | November 4, 2019

On The Hall-Mills Murders, (a) Crime of the Century

On The Hall-Mills Murders, (a) Crime of the Century

How the salacious double murder of a minister and a choir member in 1922 inspired one of the earliest legal thrillers.

By Hank Phillippi Ryan | November 4, 2019

Why Penny Dreadfuls Scandalized Victorian Society—But Flew off the Shelves

Why Penny Dreadfuls Scandalized Victorian Society—But Flew off the Shelves

On the Sensational, Sensationalistic Victorian Literary Phenomenon

By Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga | November 4, 2019

Atmospheric Pressure: <br><em>The Big Sleep</em> at Eighty

Atmospheric Pressure:
The Big Sleep at Eighty

80 years ago, Raymond Chandler reinvented crime fiction with a novel that valued atmosphere—and style—above all else.

By Janet Roger | November 1, 2019

The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

The Literary Roots of Backcountry Noir

In rural crime fiction, families are bound together like chain gangs.

By Jake Hinkson | November 1, 2019

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