Reclaiming Power Through Humanity: On Michelle McNamara and “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”
Kristen Kittscher reviews “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” by Michelle McNamara....
Messy Human Beings: On “In the Distance with You”
"In the Distance with You" has all the twists and turns of a long-running daytime soap. What ultimately carries it isn’t the plot, but the characters....
Two Ways to See Every Story
Jedidiah Ayres reviews “The Good Son” by You-Jeong Jeong....
Adrift and Unmoored
Nathan Jefferson reviews “Cult X” by Fuminori Nakamura....
The Degradations of Empire
Adrian Van Young reviews “A Necessary Evil” by Abir Mukherjee....
Naomi Hirahara’s Los Angeles
Mike Sonksen profiles Naomi Hirahara, author of the Mas Arai mystery series....
Sugar and Spice and Steel
Karen Brissette is haunted by “Give Me Your Hand,” the latest novel by Megan Abbott....
Literature Is the Minefield of the Imagination: An Interview with Gabriela Alemán
Dick Cluster interviews Gabriela Alemán, the author of “Poso Wells.”...
Writer’s Brains: The Lasting Worth of Alfred Hayes
Alex Harvey surveys the career of Alfred Hayes, a 20th-century American poet, novelist, and screenwriter....
The Sublime Horror of Choice
Brian Evenson interviews author Paul Tremblay....
The Wee Gunmen of Glasgow: On Crime as Industry in Malcolm Mackay’s Tartan Noir
On crime as industry in the works of Malcolm Mackay....
Love, Cruelty, Passion, and Lies
On “Our Kind of Cruelty” by Araminta Hall....
