William Boyle

William Boyle is from Brooklyn, New York, and lives in Oxford, Mississippi. He is the author of Gravesend (Broken River Books). His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Mississippi Noir (Akashic), The Rumpus, Hobart, Lazy Fascist Review, and other magazines and journals.

Articles

Patron Saint of the Underdog
For Vlautin and his characters, part of the awfulness of freedom is that there are things humans can never be free from....
William BoyleFeb 26, 2014
“Get Down to Zero”
Rarely, if ever, have we seen young American womanhood painted in such a raw and honest and heartbreaking way....
William BoyleJan 29, 2014
“All Will Be Explained”: Sara Gran’s “Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway”
Gran’s building something here, something bigger and better than a mere series....
William BoyleNov 27, 2013
Celebrity and Consequence: Scott Phillips’s “Rake”
If Scott Phillips's "Rake" slipped by you somehow this past summer, correct that now....
William BoyleNov 1, 2013
“Inside the Gray Bubble of Those Days”: Shawn Vestal's "Godforsaken Idaho"
Godforsaken Idaho is weirdly and wildly funny, a blistering set from a writer with a far-reaching range — like Washington Phillips by way of Denis Johnson....
William BoyleAug 21, 2013
“Tangled in Death”: Richard Lange’s “Angel Baby”
GIVE ME A BOOK that features epigraphs from The Book of Job and Smog’s “River Guard.” Give me a book that starts with a pulse of quickness and then hammers steadily for almost 300 pages. Give me Richard Lange's Angel ...
William BoyleMay 18, 2013
The Ruthless Furnace of the World: Owen King’s "Double Feature"
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I was expecting from Owen King’s debut novel, Double Feature, but I wasn’t expecting to laugh so hard that my eyebrows hurt. But I did. I laughed that hard. I’m not ...
William BoyleApr 22, 2013
What True Flight Will Feel Like: On Karen Russell’s "Vampires in the Lemon Grove"
HERE'S THE LAMEST review equation in the world: Musician X + Filmmaker Y = Writer Z. So, forgive me this transgression (I just can’t help myself): Karen Russell is like some weird, perfect blend of singer-songwriter Neko Case and Studio Ghibli mastermind ...
William BoyleFeb 15, 2013