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Kenneth Wishnia: Crime Fiction and Political Activism: Where They Meet and How
By Peter HandelTruthoutOctober 4th, 2014 Crime fiction is in many ways a perfect lens through which to view contemporary society.…
Blood Lake reviewed on Booktrib
BooktribOctober 17th, 2014 When New York City private investigator Filomena Buscarsela takes her teenaged daughter, Antonia, to see their extended…
Occult Features of Anarchism: A Review & Talk
By Bethan JohnsonLondon School of Economics Review of BooksJuly 2019 In Occult Features of Anarchism, with Attention to the Conspiracy of…
Jewish Noir— A Publishers Weekly Review
Publishers WeeklyOctober 2015 The 33 stories in this uneven anthology, most of them original to this volume, exemplify the editor’s…
“…a first-rate collection of short stories…” Jewish Noir on Booklist
By Barbara BibelBooklistSeptember 2015 Editor Wishnia offers readers a first-rate collection of short stories dealing with traditional noir subject matter…
“…this anthology is heartrending and spine-chilling in its entirety.”
By Andrea KempfLibrary JournalOctober 15th, 2015 Short story collections of noir fiction have become extremely popular, particularly those published by…
“This is an excellent anthology.”
By Bill CriderMystery SceneOctober 15th, 2015 Jewish Noir is an anthology edited by Kenneth Wishnia, who also provides an excellent…
“Check your expectations at the front cover; they’re bound to be exceeded.”
By Tessa BryantKiller NashvilleOctober 29th, 2015 At the outset, a book entitled Jewish Noir will, without doubt, elicit a strong…
For Chanuka, books that bind us
By Jonathan KirschJewish JournalNovember 13th, 2015 “The books and movies that we call “noir” were often created by Jews but…