Johnny Temple’s Introduction to USA Noir
To celebrate the publication of USA Noir, we’ve reproduced Akashic publisher and USA Noir editor Johnny Temple’s introduction to the volume.
November 2013 News & Features
“The City Without a Reason to Exist”: Harry Hunsicker on Dallas
Dallas Noir contributor Harry Hunsicker talks about his experience growing up in Big D and how he came to write “The Stickup Girl.”
“Theory/Practice” by Adam Mansbach
At the risk of coming off like a complete fucking asshole as usual, I would like to use this space to address a common misconception about parenthood . . .
“Dinner at Omar’s” by Robert Arellano
Ashland, deep summer. It’s the one month the sun sets over steep Lithia Park only one hour earlier than everywhere else in Oregon, but at the jagged edge of town the hulking green shadows still pile up like a forest clear-cut. It’s the lull after Big Al’s Tennis Tournament, and it’s still a long haul ‘til Labor Day . . .
Review: The Dead Run by Adam Mansbach
Akashic intern Lisa Martens reviews The Dead Run by Adam Mansbach (Harper Voyager).