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"WRITE ABOUT FILMS THAT MOVE YOU" : THE TAKING OF NEW YORK'S AND THE CINEMA OF QUENTIN TARANTINO'S ANDREW RAUCH
Andrew Rausch is one the hardest working writers out there. I covered two books he had this year The Taking Of New York, about New York...
EPIC HISTORICAL CRIME IN JUST OVER 200 PAGES: JACK SONNI'S SAGAMORE
Sagamore came to my attention from two of my favorite authors and people , Ace Atkins and William Boyle.Th ey both knew Jack Sonni, who...
A TASTY SERVING OF MEAT LOAF: BAT OUT OF HELL edited by DON BRUNS
Writer Don Bruns serves as an editor on a unique anthology series. He takes a famous rock album and has authors pick one of the song...
"ALL MY BOOKS ARE ME WORKING OUT SOMETHING FOR MYSELF.": AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MEDUSA PROTOCOL'S ROB HART
The Medusa Protocol is Rob Harts second book to feature former hired killer Mark and his Assassins Anonymous twelve step group. They all...
THE TRUTH IN MURDER: DENISE MINA'S THE GOOD LIAR
Denise Mina is a crime writer who always has something t say. Even her lightest books carry weight. With The Good Liar, she uses a murder...
TWO TOUGH GUY TALES: W.R. BURNETT'S THE LOOP/ MAN WITH A THOUSAND ENEMIES
W.R. Burnett put his stamp on last centuries pop culture. Books like Little Caesar, High Sierra and The Asphalt JUngle set templates for ...
"I DON'T SEE ART IN SILOS": A SONG FOR KATY SHAYNE & WRITERS AT WORK'S JIM FUSILLI
I met Jim Fusilli early on in my career in the book world when he was writing his Terry Orr series, a favorite of one of my bosses who...
CELEBRATING OVER A HALF CENTURY OF GREAT WRITING- C.M.KUSHINS' COOLER THAN COOL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF ELMORE LEONARD
With the possible exception of Stephen King, Elmore Leonard became the most influential genre author of these overlapping centuries. Many...
CINEMA UNDER A SEVENTIES INFLUENCE: ANDREW J. RAUSCH'S THE TAKING OF NEW YORK CITY & THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO (WITH KIERAN FISHER)
I got to know fiction writer and literary and film expert Andrew J. Rausch when he used a CrimeReads piece I did for Joe Lansdale...
A UNIQUE SIN CITY: LYNN KOSTOFF'S THE LENGTH OF DAYS
Lynn Kostoff is a writer I have been meaning to read for years. Other writers praise him, but timing nd other books published at the time...
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