• Noir/Hardboiled

    No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

    Mid-century pulps featuring women in love were meant to titillate straight men, but soon found their way to a lesbian audience desperate for representation.

    October 12, 2020  By Chloe Maveal
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    James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

    Craft lessons distilled from one of crime fiction's all-time greats.

    October 12, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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    How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

    "So he names us and he says okay start talking."

    October 9, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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    Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

    Chandler's letters to a younger crime writer offer a revealing—and often ugly—glimpse into his later years.

    October 8, 2020  By Curtis Evans
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    The Con: Portraits of Grifters and Scam Artists in Book, Film, and Real Life

    "The con artist has a special gift for knowing what we want and giving it to us, then taking what they were after all along."

    October 8, 2020  By Lisa Unger
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    The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's "Jukebox Killer"

    In 1950s New Zealand, public fear over American pulp novels reached its unlikely peak, with one boy stabbed and another hanged for it.

    October 7, 2020  By Andrew Nette
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    Why I'm Proud to Have My Books Called "Crime Fiction"

    For poor folks, crime is sometimes the only option.

    October 6, 2020  By Bryn Greenwood
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    Why Most Con Artist Stories Are Also About Social Class

    "Are we more likely to excuse fraud—or enjoy depictions of it—committed in the name of 'the finer things in life'?"

    October 2, 2020  By Emily Gray Tedrowe
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    A Long Tradition of Darkly Humorous Crime Fiction

    Satire and humor have long had an important role to play in crime novels. These authors use transgressive laughs to enhance their art.

    October 1, 2020  By Thomas H. Carry
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    Alison Stine on Dystopian Nightmares and Her New "Climate Chaos" Thriller

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    September 30, 2020  By Unlikeable Female Characters 
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