Noir

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

• A Conversation with Attica Locke on Los Angeles, Her New Novel, and Writing Crime Fiction as a Mom

  Los Angeles crime writers Rachel Howzell Hall and Attica Locke discuss their new novels.

  Rachel Howzell HallApr 20, 2015

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• A Wishful Fear and a Fearful Wish

  Alex Norcia discusses Stephen Marche's new novel in the context of the second gilded age.

  Alex NorciaApr 20, 2015

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• Only the Dead Do Not Dream

  Elise Moser on the Minnesota Trilogy by Vidar Sundstøl

  Elise MoserApr 15, 2015

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  Wild at Heart

  Panio Gianopoulos talks to Christian Kiefer about his new novel.

  Panio GianopoulosApr 10, 2015

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  Q&A with Daniel Levine

  “The goal of ‘Hyde’ was not just to borrow the concept, but to fill in the missing details of the case study Stevenson presented.”

  Sabra EmburyApr 7, 2015

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  There’s No Writer’s Block in a Newsroom

  Tom Lutz talks to Michael Connelly.

  Apr 5, 2015

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• “There Is, But We’ll Never Know”

  Boris Dralyuk on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's detective novel.

  Boris DralyukMar 22, 2015

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• Filmgoer Theory: An Interview with Eddie Muller on the Nowness of Noir

  An interview with Eddie Muller about Black Pool Productions, film noir, and NOIR CITY Hollywood.

  Zach MannMar 18, 2015

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  Take a Walk in a Wild City: Noir and New Orleans

  New Orleans crime writer Michael Allen Zell on the state of New Orleans crime fiction.

  Michael Allen ZellMar 18, 2015

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  Spinning Wheels: Thought and Motion in Raymond Chandler’s Fiction

  The hardboiled detective’s lack of a sidekick has significant attendant costs to the author’s narrative repertoire.

  Sand Avidar-WalzerMar 17, 2015

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• Rich Man Wanna Be King

  Tyler Dilts on Dennis Lehane's final Joe Coughlin novel.

  Tyler DiltsMar 16, 2015

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• We Create a Lot of Widows

  One of the reasons I say, “Get the story down first,” is because it’s the last thing I’m interested in, so I just lay it down like a base coat of paint.

  Ivy PochodaMar 15, 2015

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