"He transcended genre and became a genre of one; often emulated, absolutely inimitable."
June 11th, 2012
"The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future" is an experiment not in terror and not necessarily Dickensian.
December 23rd, 2011
2011 is turning out to be a banner year for crime fiction.
September 17th, 2011
Trying to pin down the definitive characteristics of “noir” is a tiresome game.
June 23rd, 2011
Noir books by Jake Hinkson, John Rector, Reed Farrel Coleman, Alan Glynn, and Harry Whittington.
January 23rd, 2012
Books by Wallace Stroby, Alison Gaylin, Joe R. Lansdale, Hilary Davidson, Chris F. Holm, and Robert Silverberg.
March 31st, 2012
On "Cash Out," "Last Kind Words," and "A Death in Mexico
November 26th, 2012
The state of California's single payer movement
April 30th, 2013
A History of Progressivism in Pawnee
April 23rd, 2013
Reclaiming the category of 'hybrid' — Yépez's counterpoetics
January 19th, 2013
On the killing of the 33-year-old amateur photographer
February 23rd, 2013
Autobiography and memento mori from hip-hop's rising memoirist
January 31st, 2013
I heard a student exclaim, "This isn’t a protest or demonstration — it’s a process."
November 13th, 2011
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