This Is Not Miami

<strong>Philip Luke Johnson is a lecturer in writing at Princeton University. He holds a doctorate in political science from the City University of New York, and researches crime and violence in the Americas.</strong>

Philip Luke Johnson

Lying, Archiving, Surviving: On Fernanda Melchor’s “This Is Not Miami”

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

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

Noir

Show Time: The Logic and Power of Violent Display

Taking Note of Violence

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Religion

Philip Luke Johnson is a lecturer in writing at Princeton University. He holds a doctorate in political science from the City University of New York, and researches crime and violence in the Americas.