In the opening pages of The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex and Secrets in the Jim…
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An Interview with Jon Jefferson (Jefferson Bass)
Last May I had the great pleasure of reviewing Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass, not just a fine forensic…
Continue reading →Author Interview: Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas is the author of two novels: Pyres, nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and The…
Continue reading →Author Interview: Clyde Linsley
In her recent study Talking About Detective Fiction, P.D. James writes that “the historical detective story is one of the…
Continue reading →Charles Jensen on “The First Risk”
Charles Jensen is the author of three poetry chapbooks, including Living Things, which won the 2006 Frank O’Hara Chapbook Award; the…
Continue reading →James Ellroy Previews “Blood’s A Rover”
On Tuesday, September 22, Alfred A. Knopf will publish James Ellroy‘s Blood’s A Rover, the third and final installment of the…
Continue reading →Marianne Gingher On “Long Story Short”
Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty-Five of North Carolina’s Finest Writers offers a concise, comprehensive, and compulsively readable collection…
Continue reading →Margaret Maron Talks About “Sand Sharks”
After tackling immigration issues in Hard Row and the crisis of rampant residential and commercial overdevelopment in Death’s Half Acre,…
Continue reading →Tara Laskowski Interviews Jessica Anthony
I’m pleased today to host an interview between two great writers — and to present this interview as the first…
Continue reading →Bill Miller Discusses 2009 Fall for the Book
In addition to monitoring updates on the North Carolina Literary Festival (see last Friday’s update here), I also keep close…
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