Rider on the Rain

Collin Mitchell is a student in the UC Riverside Low Residency MFA program and the author of The Faithful, a historical biography of the opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi. He lives in Palm Desert.

Collin Mitchell

Lost in Melancholy: On Sébastien Japrisot’s “Rider on the Rain”

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

Noir

The Foreign Girls

About a Girl: On Sergio Olguín’s “The Foreign Girls”

21 Immortals

Murder in Kuala Lumpur

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

Untamed Shore

A Dream That’s More Real: On Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Untamed Shore”

Collin Mitchell is a student in the UC Riverside Low Residency MFA program and the author of The Faithful, a historical biography of the opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi. He lives in Palm Desert.