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New Haven Noir
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The image of a charming college town serves New Haven well, but its natives know that the city has been built on a rich—and violent—history that still seeps out from between the cracks in the sidewalks and the halls of learning.
Now,
bestselling author—and Connecticut resident—Amy Bloom masterfully curates a star-studded cast of contributors, featuring Michael Cunningham, Stephen L. Carter, and Roxana Robinson, to portray New Haven's underbelly. Highlights of the anthology include Lisa D. Gray's "The Queen of Secrets," which won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award and John Crowley's "Spring Break," winner of the Edgar Award for Best Short Story. Tales by Alice Mattison, Chris Knopf, Jonathan Stone, Sarah Pemberton Strong, Karen E. Olson, Jessica Speart, Chandra Prasad, David Rich, Hirsh Sawhney, and Bloom herself round out this impressive collection.
"Town-gown tensions highlight several of the 15 stories in this stellar Akashic noir anthology set in the Elm City . . . This [volume] is particularly strong on established authors, many of whom have impressive credentials outside the genre." —
, starred review
"The anthology brings together writers who take varied approaches to the idea of noir in the Elm City. Some stories are historical, some are contemporary. All the classic New Haven landmarks are there, including plenty of Yale . . . The full sweep of New Haven's character is on display in the anthology." —
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“Of the dozen or so Akashic Noir collections I've read, I think this one did the best job of choosing stories that give someone unfamiliar with the city and state a good feel for the layout, politics, racial splits, etc. of the area. It probably helps that at least five of the contributors are either associated with Yale right now or have been so associated in the past. The usual fifteen stories, divided into three sections of five stories each, come from eight female contributors and seven male contributors.
My favorite story of all fifteen is Roxana Robinson's "The Secret Societies," a story largely set in the city's Beinecke Library. This one is based upon the premise that two female writers are competing to be the first to complete their biography of a famous, reclusive author who stopped giving even interviews decades prior to her death (she resembles the late Harper Lee in a number of ways). The two women are working in the same library where the authors papers are housed and are well aware of the other's existence. What one researcher discovers is astounding.
Overall, the quality and enjoyability of this group of soldiers beats almost every one of the others in the series I've read, and at least until I read one that tops this collection, it is my new favorite Akashic Noir book.”
About Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom is the author of three novels, three collections of short stories, a children's book and a collection of essays. She has been a nominee for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her stories have appeared in
and numerous anthologies here and abroad. She has written for the
the
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among many other publications, and has won a National Magazine Award for Fiction. Her best-selling novel,
was an epic story about a Russian immigrant. Her most recent and best-selling novel,
came out in 2014. She lives in Connecticut and taught at Yale University for the last decade. She is now Wesleyan University's Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing.
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