• Noir/Hardboiled

    Don’t Turn My Book into a TV Series 

    Jason Mosberg on Hollywood's IP craze and the dream of an original idea (and an original script).

    August 30, 2022  By Jason Mosberg
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    The Gospel According to Flannery O’Connor, Harry Crews, Toni Morrison and Donald Ray Pollock

    These authors "each extend Poe’s Gothic sensibility to show us the frailty of our superficial, quotidian existence."

    August 29, 2022  By Jonathan Woods
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    The Dangers of the Open Road: 5 Key Works of Motorcycle Noir

    Seven decades of mayhem, outlaws, and high drama

    August 26, 2022  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Hungry Like a Dog: James Ellroy Will Not Stop Being James Ellroy

    A conversation with the author (and now podcaster) who has no intention of pulling back his writing or his personality.

    August 26, 2022  By M.R. Allan
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    Two August Thrillers That Complicate the Definition of Victim

    A close reading of Complicit, by Winnie M. Li, and The Last Housewife, by Ashley Winstead

    August 23, 2022  By Samantha Ladwig
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    Bad Mutha: On the Life and Art of Isaac Hayes

    How the composer, actor, and Black Moses soul man put his indelible stamp on the culture.

    August 19, 2022  By Michael Gonzales
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    The Five Great Novels of Dashiell Hammett

    Hammett's works may have been few, but they were all brilliant.

    August 10, 2022  By Larry Beinhart
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    How Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner Made 'Heat 2' – An Opus of International Crime

    The evolution of an iconic crime story.

    August 9, 2022  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel

    "[A]sk yourself: What does my main character need most on her journey—and how can my love interest provide that?"

    August 8, 2022  By Elissa Grossell Dickey
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    High Noon in Bedford Falls: 'Cop Land' at 25 

    The 1997 film from James Mangold was part western, part noir, and a deeply nuanced portrait of America.

    August 5, 2022  By Zach Vasquez
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