By Benjamin WhitmerDenver Times Jim Thompson, a writer who Gary Phillips greatly admires, once summed up crime fiction’s worldview with…
The Underbelly: A Booklist Review
By Vanessa BushBooklistNovember 15, 2010 Mulgrew Magrady, a nearly homeless Vietnam vet, steps in to issue a warning when a…
Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!: A Mystery Gazette Review
by Harriet KlausnerThe Mystery Gazette December 12, 2011 This eighteen story anthology pulls no punches or switchblades as the compilation…
The Underbelly Is a Great Mystery Read for Black History Month
By Molly OdintzMystery People BlogFebruary 11th, 2016 February is Black History Month, not Black Mystery Month. However, fiction – especially pulp…
An Interview with Author Gary Phillips
By Jacqueline VickWriters in Residence April 5, 2010 Gary Phillips writes tales of mystery and criminal behavior in various mediums.…
Judging Book by Its Cover Long Gone
By Wendy HornsbyGazettesWednesday, July 21, 2010 In the olden days, children — circa 10 years ago — were all very…
Gary Phillips Interviews Gary Phillips
Dancing With Myself: GARY PHILLIPS interviews GARY PHILLIPSSea MinorDecember 12, 2010 Over at Pulp Metal Magazine they’ve assembled a host…
Chin Wag at the Slaughterhouse: Interview with Gary Phillips
By Richard GodwinThe SlaughterhouseOctober 2, 2011 Mystery and crime writer Gary Phillips has led an interesting life. He was involved…
From South-Central to Noir Cool: Gary Phillips
By Wendy WerrisPublishers WeeklyAugust 24, 2012 Gary Phillips, 57, is the epitome of the noir cool he writes about in…
The Unacknowledged: Black Crime Fiction, the Roaring ’20s to the 1930s
By Gary PhillipsLos Angeles Review of BooksApri 25th, 2016 THE LATE 1920s into the 1930s were a protean time for…