Oakland Noir

Herausgeber: Thompson, Jerry; Muller, Eddie

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Produktbeschreibung

California's noir quotient continues to rise with Oakland Noir, which reveals all the dark complexities of this increasingly prominent city.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackstone Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 134mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 246g
• ISBN-13: 9781617755309
• ISBN-10: 1617755303
• Artikelnr.: 46005046

Autorenporträt

Eddie Muller, a.k.a. the "Czar of Noir," has been nominated for several Edgar and Anthony awards, and his novel The Distance won a Shamus Award. He produces the San Francisco Noir City Film Festival, the largest annual film noir retrospective in the world, and is a frequent host on Turner Classic Movies. He is the coeditor of Oakland Noir. Jerry Thompson is an accomplished violinist, playwright, and poet. He is the coauthor of Black Artists in Oakland, and owned Black Spring Books, an independent bookstore. He is the coeditor of Oakland Noir.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Not A Soft City
"The Bridge Tender" by Nick Petrulakis (Fruitvale Bridge)
"The Wishing Well" by Kim Addonizio (Pill Hill)
"A Murder of Saviors" by Keenan Norris (Toler Heights)
"Divine Singularity" by Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder (Piedmont Avenue)
"White Horse" by Katie Gilmartin (Bushrod Park) Part II: What They Call A Clusterfuck
"A Town Made of Hustle" by Dorothy Lazard (Downtown)
"The Streets Don't Love Nobody" by Harry Louis Williams II (Brookfield Village)
"Bulletproof" by Carolyn Alexander (McClymonds)
"The Three Stooges" by Phil Canalin (Sausal Creek)
"Cabbie" by Judy Juanita (Eastmont)
"Two to Tango" by Jamie DeWolf (Oakland Hills) Part III: A View of The Lake
"Survivors of Heartache" by Nayomi Munaweera (Montclair)
"Prophets and Spies" by Mahmud Rahman (Mills College)
"Black and Borax" by Tom McElravey (Haddon Hill)
"Waiting for Gordo" by Joe Loya (Hegenberger Road)
"The Handyman" by Eddie Muller (Alameda)