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from “The Hitchcocks” [by Peter Ferry]
“Call me Tommy,” the boy said. They didn't. They called him “Earl” or “Earl the Pearl” or “Earrrl” or Earl the Girl.” “Don't pay your brothers any mind,” his mother said peeling carrots into…
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“A Noir Christmas”: A Killer Panel on “Crime Novels of the 1960s”
"I'm Dreaming of a Noir Christmas": On Tuesday, December 5, at 6 PM , the Library of America hosts a killer lineup of panelists to explore the two-volume set, Crime Novels of the 1960s,…
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God [by Jonathan Edwards]
God holds you over the pit of hell, as one holds a loathsome insect over the fire;the last of the just rings the bell; "I tell lies," said the liar,a convict released because the…
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Noir or Not: “The Maltese Falcon”
Do you believe "The Maltese Falcon" should be categorized as "noir"? Suzanne Lummis:It's a terrific movie but ultimately not as dark as others – Noir Gris. But regardless of the quality of darkness, I'd feel funny…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: November 29, 2023
Julia McConnell’s first book Landlocked was published earlier this year by Wheelbarrow Books of Michigan State University Press. The poems explore lesbian spaces in Oklahoma where the speaker also feels trapped/locked as she forges…
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“Night Flight” by Sarah Holland-Batt [Introduced by Thomas Moody]
In the introduction to her collection of short essays on Australian poets, “Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry”, Sarah Holland-Blatt writes “As a form, poetry is full of freedom and possibility. It asks…
