Raised in Pasadena, but now living in London, Woody Haut is the author of Pulp Culture: Hardboiled Fiction and the Cold War; Neon Noir: Contemporary American Crime Fiction; Heartbreak and Vine: The Fate of Hardboiled Writers in Hollywood; and of the novels Cry For a Nickel, Die For a Dime and Days of Smoke.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Philly and South Jersey Gothic: On Jay A. Gertzman’s “Pulp According to David Goodis”
Woody Haut picks up “Pulp According to David Goodis” by Jay A. Gertzman....
Dreams from Bunker Hill: On Robin Robertson’s “The Long Take”
Woody Haut reviews “The Long Take,” a long-form noir poem by Robin Robertson....
Morbid Symptoms: The Dreams and Realities of Gerard Reve’s “The Evenings”
Woody Haut takes a stroll through “The Evenings,” a classic Dutch novel by Gerard Reve....
Black Night Falling: David Goodis on Central Avenue
Woody Haut shadows David Goodis down Central Avenue....
Daniel Fuchs: From Proletariat Williamsburg to Criss-Crossing Noir
Woody Haut looks back on the life and career of Daniel Fuchs....
A Dirty Baker’s Dozen: My 13 Favorite Crime Novels of 2014
Woody Haut's favorite crime novels of 2014....
Andrew Coburn: The Understated Noirist
Andrew Coburn writes the suburb’s voyeurs, misfits, the covetous, the deranged, and the eccentric....
Woody Haut: Best of 2013
The King of Noir Woody Haut picks the best of 2013....
Are The Fools in Town Still On Our Side?: A Ross Thomas Retrospective
Why has Ross Thomas fallen out of favor?...
Snappy and Reckless: Richard Hallas’s “You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up”
The drifter, unfulfilled desire, misplaced guilt, a greed-ridden culture, street-level perspective — distilled into a coherent, kaleidoscopic whole....
