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    What <em>The Quiet American</em> Teaches Us

    What The Quiet American Teaches Us

    Getting Involved, Graham Greene Warns Us, is both Hazardous and Inevitable

    By I. S. Berry | May 30, 2023

    HBO’s <em>Barry</em> is Wile E. Coyote with a Gun

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    On the Saturday-morning surreality of Bill Hader’s killing machine

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    The Intersection of Punk and Crime in Pop Culture and IRL

    The Intersection of Punk and Crime in Pop Culture and IRL

    Or, let's go do some crimes!

    By Jim Ruland | May 26, 2023

    The Many Sins of <br>Maurice E. Balk

    The Many Sins of
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    Curtis Evans looks back on a man who was a preacher, producer, publisher, and plagiarist. And that's just the short version.

    By Curtis Evans | May 25, 2023

    Wicked Ways: Da Deuce in the 1980s

    Wicked Ways: Da Deuce in the 1980s

    Michael Gonzales on the lights & grime of Times Square as it was.

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    The Making of a Cuban-American Detective Novel

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    "It’s one thing to follow a fictional hero who is supremely capable and confident...it’s quite another thing to follow a hero who’s totally baffled."

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    You’re Doing It Wrong: Fix Your Asian Characters

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    Memphis Man: Cadillac Riding With Isaac Hayes

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