• 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?

    June 15, 2023  By Scott C. Johnson
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    On the Literary Roots of Die Hard

    Nick de Semlyen Traces the Road from Nothing Lasts Forever to "Yippee-ki-yay, motherf*cker"

    June 7, 2023  By Nick de Semlyen
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    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

    June 6, 2023  By Dwyer Murphy
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    How "Manifest Destiny" Launched the American West into a Fateful, Bloody Summer

    The summer that reshaped the nation.

    May 30, 2023  By Chris Wimmer
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    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..."

    May 26, 2023  By Dwayne Epstein
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    The Best Recent Nonfiction Crime Books

    Mutiny, rebellion, and life and death on the streets of Baltimore.

    May 24, 2023  By CrimeReads 
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    What are all the Genesis Allusions doing in Preston Sturges's The Lady Eve?

    On temptation, apples, falls, and snakes in the classic con artist caper/screwball romantic comedy from 1941.

    May 19, 2023  By Stuart Klawans
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    How Arthur Conan Doyle Was Duped By Some of the Victorian World's Most Obvious Hoaxes

    The creator of Sherlock Holmes famously wanted to believe in the supernatural world. That desire led him down some strange paths.

    May 18, 2023  By Katie Spalding
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    Frank Bill On Growing Up in the Shadow of War

    "There were hints of my father’s service."

    May 12, 2023  By Frank Bill
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    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."

    May 4, 2023  By Katharine Coldiron
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