• Features

    Ivy Pochoda on Women, Violence, and the Power of Crime Stories

    "We forgive violent women if their violence is inspired by some original male violence, but we cannot deal with violent women who are violent under their own sail."

    June 8, 2023  By Matthew Coleman Turbeville
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    Drinking, Dancing, and Breaking the Law: Nightlife in the Jazz Age

    Upscale speakeasies, working class bars, and a thriving queer subculture were all parts of going out during Prohibition.

    June 8, 2023  By Katharine Schellman
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    Historical Research as Procedural

    "[H]istorical research can offer a crime writer their own experience of investigation."

    June 8, 2023  By Katharine Beutner
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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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    'Lou Grant' and The Newspaper Business's Moment on Primetime TV

    Keith Roysdon on a dated, but still relevant look at the news industry.

    June 7, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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    High Tech in Low Places: The Makings of the Tech Bro Villain

    Or, tech bros as (evil) magicians

    June 7, 2023  By James Byrne
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    10 Thrilling Novels featuring Horses 

    These books use the sensitive equines "to echo the qualities of their human counterparts."

    June 7, 2023  By Eliza Jane Brazier
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    Why Are We So Obsessed with Missing Persons Stories?

    On losing our beloveds, and writing what we fear.

    June 7, 2023  By Seraphina Nova Glass
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    How The Homes of My Past Continue To Haunt My Life

    "There it is—the familiar clink of a key in its lock. The scrape of metal on metal. A hot blast of air on my face."

    June 6, 2023  By Adorah Nworah
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    The New Classics of Southern Crime Fiction

    Southern Noir is on the rise, and Polly Stewart is rounding up some of her favorite books.

    June 6, 2023  By Polly Stewart
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