• Noir/Hardboiled

    The Violence Is Still There: Reinvestigating Mike's Murder

    Looking back at James Bridges’ true-crime-inspired film forty years later

    December 6, 2024  By Vince Keenan
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    The End as the Beginning: Alex Segura on his Continuing Adventures in Comic Book Noir

    Segura's new book, 'Alter Ego', adds a new chapter to the story of the Legendary Lynx.

    December 5, 2024  By John B. Valeri
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    Is Suspense the Enemy of Realism?

    "[T]he more success a writer enjoys in conjuring suspense...the less likely the story will exist in the realm of the real."

    December 5, 2024  By John Brandon
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    Is 'The Penguin' the Bloody, Nihilistic Crime Saga We Need Right Now?

    "Like all other virtues, sincerity is a sham in Gotham City–another costume."

    November 26, 2024  By Hector DeJean
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    Digging Deep, Staying with It: James Sallis on Writing, Reality, and the Danger of Creative Work

    A new collection spans the career of a modern master.

    November 25, 2024  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Backlist: Megan Abbott on Noir, Fatalism, and Denis Johnson's 'Angels'

    Megan Abbott and Polly Stewart revisit Johnson's bleak and wild portrait of humanity.

    November 21, 2024  By Polly Stewart
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    On Coming of Age in an Era of Feminist Awakenings and Roaming Serial Killers

    "Thirty-seven years on, I’ve written a novel revisiting the mix of terror and fury I felt as a young woman."

    November 19, 2024  By Ajay Close
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    The Outsized Impact of George Cukor's "Gaslight"

    The movie masterpiece spawned a psychological analysis and a host of crime novels

    November 19, 2024  By Bonnie Kistler
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    Gullion and the Bullshit of Mythology

    Austin Duffy on a mountain, a killing, and a dark legacy from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

    November 15, 2024  By Austin Duffy
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    Jacquie Pham On Historical Fiction, Colonialism, and "the Many Imbalances that Wealth, Gender, and Power Wield."

    Jenny Bartoy talks with the debut novelist about her new book set in 1920s Saigon and the resonances between past and present

    November 13, 2024  By Jenny Bartoy
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