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New Nonfiction
The Private Investigator and the Hollywood Con Queen
Somebody was posing as a famous producer and luring people into myterious international projects—but why?
By
Scott C. Johnson
| June 15, 2023
On the Literary Roots of
Die Hard
Nick de Semlyen Traces the Road from
Nothing Lasts Forever
to "Yippee-ki-yay, motherf*cker"
By
Nick de Semlyen
| June 7, 2023
Jon Michaud on Bar Literature, Washington Heights, and the Ideal New York City Saloon
A conversation with the author of
Last Call at Coogan's
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Dwyer Murphy
| June 6, 2023
How "Manifest Destiny" Launched the American West into a Fateful, Bloody Summer
The summer that reshaped the nation.
By
Chris Wimmer
| May 30, 2023
How
The Dirty Dozen
Went From Latrine Rumor to Influential Blockbuster
"[T]he timing of the film proved to be a perfect storm of events...The film’s dark humor, violent content, and anti-authoritative and anti-military message struck a chord..."
By
Dwayne Epstein
| May 26, 2023
The Best Recent Nonfiction Crime Books
Mutiny, rebellion, and life and death on the streets of Baltimore.
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| May 24, 2023
Best Reviewed
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The Lady Eve
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| May 19, 2023
How Arthur Conan Doyle Was Duped By Some of the Victorian World's Most Obvious Hoaxes
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Katie Spalding
| May 18, 2023
Frank Bill On Growing Up in the Shadow of War
By
Frank Bill
| May 12, 2023
Something to Sing About: Why
Cop Rock
Fails
"Plenty of genres can blend into musicals surprisingly well, but police procedurals are uniquely poorly suited for this task."
By
Katharine Coldiron
| May 4, 2023
Jonathan Rosen on Mental Illness, Murder, and a Life-Altering Friendship
How the author revisited his friendship with Michael Laudor.
By
Kevin Canfield
| April 19, 2023
Searching for the Golden Triangle's "Opium Queen"
Gabrielle Paluch was a reporter working in Myanmar when she first heard the rumors of the woman at the head of a fearsome militia.
By
Gabrielle Paluch
| April 14, 2023
Life and Death in Sandtown, Baltimore
Mark Bowden on the fate of one young man in one neighborhood, lost to the endless cycles of American violence.
By
Mark Bowden
| April 12, 2023
When the IRA Arrived in Brighton Planning to Blow Up Margaret Thatcher, Her Cabinet, and the Grand Hotel
Patrick Magee was behind enemy lines. His job was to assemble and plant the device.
By
Rory Carroll
| April 6, 2023
When the Klan Ruled Indiana – And Had Plans to Spread Its Empire of Hate Across America
The Klan dens of the Heartland were powerful, vicious, and ambitious. Indiana was their bastion.
By
Timothy Egan
| April 4, 2023
The Gangster Who Died Twice
It didn’t matter if you were already stone cold. Carmine Galante was coming for you.
By
Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson
| March 31, 2023
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