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On this page you'll find a list of articles
you might be interested in checking out. Some of them are written
by me and others by different authors. When possible, I'll put in
a link, but you may just have to visit that good old library to read the
rest. You will also find other works by me in other mediums
including radio and comic books. ARTICLES: Check out this article by Brian Lindenmuth, "Black Crime Fiction: An Introduction" Have an essay on Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280 in Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspired Today's Mystery Writers
Geography
of Rage--Remembering the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 In the current issue of The American Prospect online, I've got
an article on mystery writers and their connections to historical
events.
Pulp
Culture: History, Hard-Boiled. Though it may be a bit out of date now, there’s still useful and
enlightening information to be found on the current routing of
terrorists networks in the November 12, 2001 New Yorker magazine.
Specifically Seymour Hersh’s article in the Annals of National
Security section, “Escape and Invasion” on Special Operations
maneuvers – the pluses and minuses -- into Afghanistan. And the
following article entitled the House of Bin Laden under the Political
Scene banner by Jane Mayer. This piece chronicles the complex
relationship of the bin Laden empire with the Saudi royal family. And Heroes from Marvel Comics is a wonderful example of the best the
comics art medium has to offer. This is a collection of drawings and
writing dedicated to the people who perished, those who came to the aid
of their fellows, and the survivors of the terrorist attack on the World
Trade Center. There are some very moving drawings and illustrations in
this book billed as “The world’s greatest super hero creators honor
the world’s greatest heroes, 9/11/2001.” Proceeds from the book
benefit the Twin Towers Fund, General Post Office, P.O.B. 26999, NYC
10087-6999. On the flip side, read the first part of the transcript from the
trial of veteran comic book writer Marv Wolfman vs. Marvel Comics in the
August 2001 issue of the Comics Journal magazine. Wolfman claimed that
he, not Marvel, owned the characters he created while he wrote a comic
book for them called Tomb of Dracula. In the course of writing that
book, Wolfman came up with a chap named Blade who has since been
licensed by Marvel for movies (the second one is in the works) starring
Wesley Snipes. Wolfman’s side argued there was no industry-wide
standard practice under which it would be assumed he didn’t control
creative rights to a character he created. But the judge decided
otherwise, and ruled in favor of Marvel last November in 2000,
essentially re-affirming Wolfman’s status then as “work-for-hire.”
This once again reminds all you creative types, to read, and re-read
those contracts, kids. In the November/December 2001 issue of Westways, the magazine for the
Triple-A Automobile Club of Southern California subscriber, there’s a
fine article by Tom Nolan called “Tarnished Gold.” Tom, who wrote
the definitive biography of Ross Macdonald, uses scenes out of the Lew
Archer books to highlight various locales – real and imagined. And while we wage a “new kind of war” overseas, let’s not
forget we’ve had thirty years of the misguided and misdirected War on
Drugs conducted, largely, on the homefront. Daniel Forbes’ piece in
the November 8, 2001 Rolling Stone, “The Drug War: Back to the Stone
Age” eviscerates Bush’s choice of drug czar John Walters. It’s
good reading. The July/August issues of "Book:
The Magazine for the Reading Life" has an article, "The
Influential Ten: People who Decide what America Reads." Big John
Grisham, writer and publisher (The Oxford American magazine) Oprah (of
course), and literary agent and co-president of ICM New York, Amanda
Urban make the cut. Anthony DeCurtis pens a reverential retrospective of late, great
bluesman John Lee Hooker, the Crawlin' Kingsnake hisself, in the August
2nd Rolling Stone. There's
also a tender remembrance of the Hook by Bonnie Raitt in the same issue.
The cover story in the September 2001, Los Angeles magazine, “Is This the Most Hated Man in Hollywood” by Amy Wallace about the controversial and suspended Daily Variety’s editor-in-chief, Peter Bart. A compelling peek inside the mind of the creature that is Tinseltown. |
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