Cutting Edge
New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers
Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Description: 234 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Joyce Carol Oates, a queenpin of the noir genre, has brought her keen and discerning eye to the curation of an outstanding anthology of brand-new top-shelf short stories (and poems by Margaret Atwood!). While bad men are not always the victims in these tales, they get their due often enough to satisfy readers who are sick and tired of the gendered status quo, or who just want to have a little bit of fun at the expense of a crumbling patriarchal society. This stylistically diverse collection will make you squirm in your seat, stay up at night, laugh out loud, and inevitably wish for more.
Contents:
Part I: Their bodies, our selves. One of these nights / Livia Llewellyn -- A history of the world in five objects / S.J. Rozan -- The hunger / Lisa Lim -- Too many lunatics / Lucy Taylor -- Please translate / Edwidge Danticat -- Part II: A doom of one's own. The boy without a bike / Jennifer Morales -- An early specimen / Elizabeth McCracken -- OBF, Inc. / Bernice L. McFadden -- Firetown / Aimee Bender -- Thief / Steph Cha -- Part III: Manslaying. Impala / S.A. Solomon -- Mothers, we dream / Cassandra Khaw -- Il Grifone / Valerie Martin -- Miss Martin / Sheila Kohler -- Six poems / Margaret Atwood -- Assassin / Joyce Carol Oates.
Subjects:
Noir fiction.
Noir poetry.
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery stories -- Women authors.
Noir fiction.
Noir poetry.
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery stories -- Women authors.
ISBN:
1617757624
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