A Darker Shade of Noir: 15 Women Authors Unveil New Body Horror
In the introduction of A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers, the anthology’s editor, Joyce Carol Oates, writes that women mythical figures such as “Scylla and Charybdis, Lamia, Chimera, Sphinx [are] nightmare creatures representing, to the affronted male gaze, the perversion of ‘femininity’: … the female who in her…
Author Sujata Massey Does Her Homework
One shared element of historical fiction and mystery literature is that the author knows more than the characters do. Or, maybe more accurately, since that’s true in all fiction, we might agree it’s especially pronounced in these genres: The author, living in the present, knows about the potato famine to ensue, the oncoming stock market…
The Senator’s Wife Is a Successful Thriller on Washington’s Rot
Liv Constantine’s new novel, The Senator’s Wife, keeps you guessing while virtue comes under attack.
Local Author Mary Kay Zuravleff Tries On Historical Fiction in American Ending
Risk-taking comes naturally for author Mary Kay Zuravleff. As the descendent of Russian Orthodox immigrants who mined coal, Zuravleff might say it’s in her blood. After writing three literary novels with contemporary settings, she pivoted and penned a work of historical fiction rooted in her own family’s story, American Ending. Zuravleff’s previous work has garnered literary…
Secret Family Recipe: Michelle Brafman Talks Swimming with Ghosts
Ahead of the release of her third novel, Michelle Brafman discusses the gripping family drama at Politics and Prose June 3.