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The Cry Of A Crow In Camberwell, Brad Jackel
The Hunted, Brad Jackel
Two Mexicos, Linda Niemann
Mammon, Brad Jackel
In Sight, Brad Jackel
Harry Potter And The Academic Conversation, Thomas Burkdall
Harry Potter And The Academic Conversation, Thomas Burkdall
Thomas Burkdall
No abstract provided.
When The Walls Fell Down, H. Rice
A Tale Of Two Mexicos, Linda Niemann
Clmp Workshop: Housekeeping: Operating A Press With Minimal Resources, Janet Holmes
Clmp Workshop: Housekeeping: Operating A Press With Minimal Resources, Janet Holmes
Janet A. Holmes
No abstract provided.
Paul Laurence Dunbar's Legacy Of Language
Paul Laurence Dunbar's Legacy Of Language
Joanne Braxton
The Bones Of Hagerman, Mitch Wieland
An Apology For A Crime, Derek Nikitas
An Apology For A Crime, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
I live a double life. By day: student/teacher in the hallowed halls of higher education, kingdom of the highbrow literati. By night: hack writer of seedy, violent crime stories. I’m like a double-agent in the perpetual war between champions of literature who think crime novels are shallow and sensationalistic, and noir fiends who think “literary” means dull and pretentious. Luckily, I’ve met plenty of people who recognize that some great novels live in the gray zone between literature and pulp. Let’s face it: some crime novels are flat and hokey tales drawn from the same tired blueprint as a million …
The Prodigal Son, Mitch Wieland
On The Literary One-Night Stand, Derek Nikitas
On The Literary One-Night Stand, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
I’ve read quite a few guide books on creative writing, all of which spend considerable time on character—whether the guide book is an almost-religious mediation on great writing like John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction or an asinine paint-by-numbers workbook like (and I’m making this up, I hope) YOU, TOO, CAN WRITE THIS YEAR’S GREATEST BESTSELLER EVER IN THREE SHORT WEEKS!!!! One gets all sorts of advice about building great characters, and, because I’m an insufferable iconoclast, I question some of what I’ve read, if only a little bit.
Failure, Derek Nikitas
Failure, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
When Murderati asked me to substitute-blog for Ken Bruen, I feared at first that I’d have to feign Catholicism, use Irish slang, write in experimental prose-poetic enjambed lines, and evince a hearty blend of ruffian and gentleman. I’ll save us all the embarrassment.
On The Poetry Of Crime Fiction, Derek Nikitas
On The Poetry Of Crime Fiction, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
Last weekend I saw a presentation by Walter Mosley as part of a convention for college creative writing instructors. I was excited to see him, not only because he was one of the few fellow noir writers to crash the academic/literary party, but also because I’d been reading Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress. I’ve been getting cut to pieces by his razor sharp language, and I wanted to meet the man behind the masterpiece.
Thanks To The Mentors, Derek Nikitas
Thanks To The Mentors, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
Hey, Derek Nikitas here. Thanks to the Murderati regulars for inviting me to write this post on the week my first novel, Pyres, is released. In the spirit of thanks, I’ll blog about college creative writing programs, by way of thanking those writer/teachers who made me. Much of what makes my writing “mine” is owed to those who have nurtured me over the years.
Tears, Fears, And The Dreaded 5-Paragraph Essay: Encouraging Your Students To Write In English, Susan Adams
Tears, Fears, And The Dreaded 5-Paragraph Essay: Encouraging Your Students To Write In English, Susan Adams
Susan Adams
Presentation at the Indiana Department of Education ESL K-12 Conference, 2006.
Unsolicited Writing Advice, Derek Nikitas
Unsolicited Writing Advice, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
I’ve been teaching college for—Jesus, nine years now. It’s the end of the semester down here at Georgia State University, the week when I dole out advice to my fiction writing students because there’s really nothing else left to do. They’d rather I let them out a few minutes early, but I feel obligated to let them loose with some last (and perhaps first) words of wisdom for the semester. I have no idea if my words are wise, but they work for me, so I say them anyway.
Five Poems In High Chair, No. 6, Elizabeth Willis
Five Poems In High Chair, No. 6, Elizabeth Willis
Elizabeth Willis
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On The Positives Of Hypocracy (In Writing), Derek Nikitas
On The Positives Of Hypocracy (In Writing), Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
Hypocrite. It’s one of the ugliest words I know. Its prefix makes me think of hippopotamus—a rough, fat, ugly beast. The Latin/Greek makes the word sound medical, like an age-old term for some sexual perversion that dares not speak its colloquial name. It’s as bad as a curse—if not worse; I’ll wager most people would prefer being called an asshole over being called a hypocrite. I know I would, even though I’m about to argue that my hypocrisy is good for me, if not for all fiction writers who are (dis)honest with themselves.
Triangle, Katharine Weber
Triangle, Katharine Weber
Katharine Weber
By the time she dies at age 106, Esther Gottesfeld, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, has told the story of that day many times. But her own role remains mysterious: How did she survive? Are the gaps in her story just common mistakes, or has she concealed a secret over the years? As her granddaughter seeks the real story in the present day, a zealous feminist historian bears down on her with her own set of conclusions, and Esther's voice vies with theirs to reveal the full meaning of the tragedy.
A brilliant chronicle of the event …
What The Hell Is A Literary Thriller, Anyway?, Derek Nikitas
What The Hell Is A Literary Thriller, Anyway?, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
’ve been trolling. Saw some blog chatter re: the endless debate over literary fiction versus genre fiction. (what’s to debate, except that lit fiction gets more prestige, genre fiction sells more books; seems to me an even tradeoff.) One guy’s got this long-winded theory about literary fiction being all logical and grownup and staid, while genre fiction is primitive, ritualistic, fantastic, appealing to the child-mind inside us all. This was his advertisement for genre fiction: reintegration of the child with the adult to become the fully self-actualized self, or something like that. I didn’t get it. He quoted Freud; I …
Meteoric Flowers, Elizabeth Willis
On Dedicating Pyres To My Grandfather, Derek Nikitas
On Dedicating Pyres To My Grandfather, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
I take an unusual interest in the dedications at the beginnings of novels. I don’t skip that page like most people probably do; in fact, I spend time ruminating on the circumstances that led to the dedication. Wives, children, parents—usually pretty obvious. Sometimes the author will supply an explanation, but often a cryptic “for Jane” will be all the reader has for clues. Months later I’ll be reading an interview with the author and something he says will make a connection back to that dedication. I try to guess, often with scant clues, why the author chose his/her particular dedicatee. …
On Innovative Forms In Crime Stories, Derek Nikitas
On Innovative Forms In Crime Stories, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
More recently than I care to admit, I was a video store clerk. I’d like to think I’ve moved on to bigger and better things, but one perk I do miss is all the free movies. Free movies are why I’ve seen a lot more crime/noir films than I’ve read crime/noir books. I’m trying slowly to remedy that imbalance, but right now I’m going to celebrate movies—the steady stream of fantastic crime movies that have been produced in the wake of Pulp Fiction, the film that rather single-handedly revitalized the genre way back in 1994. Some folks call these movies …
On Boston Teran's God Is A Bullet, Derek Nikitas
On Boston Teran's God Is A Bullet, Derek Nikitas
Derek Nikitas
Never heard of Boston Teran. Nor God is a Bullet. Not till last year after my first novel, Pyres. Random readers made comparisons. I sought the book, saw a plot hauntingly similar to mine, noted further comparisons to Jim Thompson and Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. I shelved the book a while, afraid. What if it’s too similar? Will mine lose its thin cred, cease to exist?
Raven, Marianne Rogoff
Raven, Marianne Rogoff
Marianne Rogoff
La Gruta, Marianne Rogoff
La Gruta, Marianne Rogoff
Marianne Rogoff
My Right Breast And Other Poems, Carmela Ferradans