  Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2529 Registered: 10-2003 |
For you lovers of Detroit fiction... Detroit Noir edited by E.J. Olsen & John C. Hocking Mystery/Fiction Anthology | A Trade Paperback Original ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-39-2 l 300 pages | $14.95 Forthcoming: November 2007 Detroit Noir is a snapshot of a city in darkness. This collection presents a multifaceted vision of a seedy metropolis where crime beckons and repels, where honest work can provide salvation or grueling dissolution, where the guilty and the innocent share both desperation and determination. From hard-edged crime stories in the classic style to sharply etched visions of ordinary lives in crisis, from lucid descriptions of men and women anchored to simple truths to spellbinding visions of those who live on the edge of chaos, Detroit Noir captures the dark vitality of a wounded city that stubbornly refuses to die. Table of Contents Part I: Animal Farm "Kill the Cat" by Loren D. Estleman (Rivertown) "Pride" by P.J. Parrish (Brush Park) "Panic" by Joyce Carol Oates (Chrysler Freeway) "Little Horses" by Nisi Shawl (Belle Isle) Part II: Factory of One "Red Quarters" by Craig Holden (Hamtramck) "Migration" by Craig Bernier (Rouge Foundry) "Night Coming" by Desiree Cooper (Palmer Woods Part III: Silence of the City The Coffee Break by Melissa Preddy (Grandmont-Rosedale) "Snow Angel" by E.J. Olsen (Grand Circus Park) "The Night Watchman Is Asleep" by Joe Boland (Downtown) "Our Eyes Couldn't Stop Opening" by Megan Abbott (Alter Road) "Honesty above All Else" by Dorene O'Brien (Corktown) Part IV: Edge of the Past "Over the Belle Isle Boundary" by Lolita Hernandez (East Grand Boulevard) "The Dead Man's Boat" by Peter Markus (Delray) "Hey Love" by Roger K. Johnson (New Center) "The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit" by Michael Zadoorian (Woodward Avenue) Book Release Party, Sat., November 3, 1pm, Aunt Agatha's, 213 S. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, MI *Featuring editors E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking, with Loren D. Estleman and other contributors TBA Other events: Wed., November 14, 7pm, Borders (Arborland), 3527 Washtenaw Ave.,Ann Arbor, MI Thurs., November 15, 7:30pm, The Scarab Club, 217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI Fri., November 16, 7pm, Borders (Birmingham), 34300 Woodward, Birmingham, MI Tues., November 27, 7pm, Borders (Downtown Ann Arbor), 612 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI Thurs., November 29, 12pm, Borders (Downtown Detroit), 1012 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI Fri., November 30, 7pm, Borders (Dearborn), 5601 Mercury Dr., Dearborn, MI Full details at: http://www.akashicbooks.com/de troitnoir.htm | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 4253 Registered: 10-2003 |
What? No Elmore Leonard? Amazing. It must have been a contractual conflict via his publisher Harper Collins. This summer I read "Up in Honey's Room" - an end of WWII era story based around a German spy ring [the was a real one but they were a gang that couldn't shoot straight] with scenes in Palmer Woods, New Center, Hudsons, even old Farmington. | ||
Detx Member Username: Detx Post Number: 32 Registered: 07-2007 |
I own the New Orleans Noir volume in this series. A nice little collection of stories from local N.O. writers. I'm looking forward to getting the Detroit volume and I hope it's of the same quality. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2560 Registered: 10-2003 |
We are looking forward to reading this new collection of Detroit stories... Short story collection explores Detroit's seamy underside by Susan Whitall, The Detroit News "There are many characters in "Detroit Noir" -- crooked cops, abusive boyfriends, desperate auto workers. But the personality that looms largest in this new collection of short stories is the city itself. Moody and dangerous, battered and heroic, Detroit is the backdrop to each story and a vital part of the action. The term "noir" comes from film noir, describing the shadowy, emotionally intense black-and-white films of the '40s and '50s, movies such as "Double Indemnity," "The Big Sleep" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice." Murder, romantic betrayal, heroes gone bad -- it's all part of the spectrum of noir. "Detroit Noir," now in stores, is the latest in Akashic Books' Noir Series ($14.95) and comprises a range of the genre's styles. There is popular mystery novelist Loren D. Estleman's hard-boiled detective Amos Walker solving a sordid Rivertown murder, but also Megan Abbott's darkly romantic tale of a Grosse Pointe girl taking a walk on the wild side. Other authors included in "Detroit Noir" are Joyce Carol Oates, Craig Holden, Lolita Hernandez and P.J. Parrish, as well as two local journalists -- Detroit News online business editor Melissa Preddy and Free Press columnist Desiree Cooper. ..." http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20071101/L IFESTYLE/711010388 Book release party\Booksignings What: "Detroit Noir" book release party When: 1 p.m. Saturday Where: Aunt Agatha's bookstore, 213 S. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor Featuring: Editors E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking, writers Loren D. Estleman, Melissa Preddy, Joe Boland and others. Information: www.detroitnoir.com Other "Detroit Noir" signing events: 7 p.m. Nov. 14: Borders (Arborland), 3527 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15.: The Scarab Club, 217 Farnsworth St., Detroit 7 p.m. Nov. 16: Borders, 34300 Woodward Ave., Birmingham 7 p.m. Nov. 27: Borders, 612 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor Noon Nov. 29: Borders (downtown Detroit), 1012 Woodward Ave., Detroit 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, Borders: 5601 Mercury Drive, Dearborn | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 501 Registered: 05-2004 |
I would think they could have some steamy stories on Coleman and Kwame too. Oh, this is fiction right? | ||
Rsa Member Username: Rsa Post Number: 1309 Registered: 10-2003 |
actually lowell, the article said a requirement for entry was that it be an original piece. mr. leonard submitted an exerpt of an earlier story of his, due to a lack of time on his part. that's why he wasn't included. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2574 Registered: 10-2003 |
Book signings tonight and tomorrow... Thursday, November 15, 7:30pm, The Scarab Club, 217 Farnsworth, Detroit. *Featuring editors E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking, with various contributors. Also reading: contributors Joe Boland and Roger K. Johnson, and Havana Noir editor Achy Obejas. Friday, November 16, 7pm, Borders (Birmingham), 34300 Woodward, Birmingham. *Featuring editors E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking, with various contributors. Also reading: contributors Roger K. Johnson, Michael Zadoorian, Craig Bernier, Dorene O'Brien, and Havana Noir editor Achy Obejas. | ||
3rdworldcity Member Username: 3rdworldcity Post Number: 975 Registered: 01-2005 |
Great idea for a book/anthology. I think Joyce Carol Oates taught at U of D for a short time before moving to the U of Windsor. Too bad some of the early Elmore Leonard wasn't included, as Lowell pointed out, especially stuff like "52 Pickup." I read "Up in Honey's Room" as well. Interesting but not as good as earlier stuff in my opinion. I wonder how he came up w/ recent stories sited in Oklahoma during the oil boom days, the 2 or 3 prequels to his last novel, "....Honey." Great description of the J.L. Hudson tea room though. |
