Hey, I’m not a cat person, but even I found this interesting, a review of “Catland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan” by Sarah Archer (Countryman Press; 2020) at Broad Street Review.
Courtesy of Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC, an interview with Randall Kenan and Ron Rash. Kenan is the author of “If I Had Two Wings: Stories” (Norton; 2020) and Rash’s new book is “In the Valley” (Doubleday; 2020).
“Blood By Choice” by Rob Pierce (All Due Respect Books; 2020). This is the third in Pierce’s Uncle Dust series. I’ve read all three and “Blood Choice” stands up to the earlier two.
Anthony Perconti on Borges’s “There Are More Things” at Econoclash Review.
At damppebbles, a review of Attica Locke’s “Bluebird, Bluebird” (2018).
Yonder’s Noir at the Bar was a highlight for me last week. Each writer brought it from Katy Munger’s smokey performance to S.A. Cosby reading from a funeral home. It was fantastic to kick off with Christa Faust and Russell Johnson, and I was unsure if the readings could continue as such a high level. I got to see Johnny Shaw read and later that same night, I picked up his latest “The Southland”, which I am enjoying greatly. But the night, the night belonged to Eryk Pruitt and his performance piece. I’ve paused the Noir at the Bar video a few seconds before Eryk’s reading.
I’ve been a fan of hers since I read the first in her Eloise Norton series and then last year’s “They All Fall Down” which is so good. Great writing and story telling.
Hall is one of the best crime writers today and a new book of hers should bring excitement to all readers. She’s that good.
I’m putting this here for me as much as you. Last week Frank Zafiro had chance to interview Walter Mosley. I haven’t been able to get around to listen to it yet. Who knows, today might be the day.
Over at LA Review of Books, Kathleen B. Jones reviews two new film noir books which focus on women: “Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock” by Christina Lee (Chicago Review Press; 2020) and “The Autobiography of Veronica Lake” by Veronica Lake (Dean Street Press; 2020)
“The Ancestor” by Lee Matthew Goldberg is out at All Due Respect Books. As Matt Phillips said, “I expected a crime novel, but I got a spell-binding epic, an epistolary revelation, a tale as rich as a paying gold mine.”
Yonder’s benefit and virtual Noir at the Bar. All the readings are fantastic as each writer brought it …. whatever it is. If you have a spare dime or two, why don’t you buy a t-shirt or maybe Venmo them a tip.
Tonight at 7pm ET, my buddy Eryk Pruitt is hosting a Noir at the Bar featuring S.A. Cosby, Christ Faust, Russell Johnson, Johnny Shaw, and Katy Munger. It will be streamable on both YouTube and Facebook. What Eryk isn’t pushing is that this is a fundraiser of sorts for Yonder, which due to COVID-19 hasn’t served a drink since March. Anywho, if you missed buying Eryk a drink at Bouchercon, swing on buy tonight, be entertained, and leave a little something in the tip jar.
“The Ancestor” by Lee Matthew Goldberg is out at All Due Respect Books. As Matt Phillips said, “I expected a crime novel, but I got a spell-binding epic, an epistolary revelation, a tale as rich as a paying gold mine.”
Over at LA Review of Books, Kathleen B. Jones reviews two new film noir books which focus on women: “Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock” by Christina Lee (Chicago Review Press; 2020) and “The Autobiography of Veronica Lake” by Veronica Lake (Dean Street Press; 2020)
