Bone, Blood & Bigots: On The Liberation of L.B. Jones
“A 1965 novel about racial injustice and police brutality in the Deep South was hailed by critics and made into a major movie. The story would haunt its author until the bitter end.”
The Strange Story of Richard Wright’s Lost Crime Novel, Savage Holiday
“In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.”
The Rise and Fall of the Bank Robbery Capital of the World
In 1992, there were 2,641 bank robberies in Los Angeles — “one every 45 minutes of each banking day.” How did L.A. become the epicenter of the heist? Thanks to the dangerous combination of cars, convenience, and cocaine.
The Body and the Library
The body of a murdered woman was found outside the library where the author used to read as a young girl. The library, once a safe space to learn, dream, and indulge her imagination, became ominous and dangerous, a place where readers could get choked with the bag that held their books, a place for the brain and body.