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.
Freeway Phantom Examines a Local Serial Killer Through a Social Justice Lens
The new crime podcast covers the titular, unsolved murders of D.C.’s first serial killer, who killed six young Black girls more than 50 years ago.
In Silent Tenants, Alberto Roblest Gives Voice to D.C’s Working-Class Latinx Community
This interview with Alberto Roblest was conducted in Spanish and translated into English by the writer. This story is also published in Spanish. Read it here. If Alberto Roblest knows that there is a Metro commute in his future, he comes prepared. That usually means tucking a small notebook into his pocket, though sometimes he’ll…
Folger Shakespeare Library Reopens November 17, 2023
Save the date: November 17, 2023, is not just yours truly’s birthday but the day the Folger Shakespeare Library plans to reopen its doors after nearly four years of renovations. The Capitol Hill landmark closed to the public in March of 2020, just before COVID caused everything else to close as well. But the $80.5 million…
D.C. Book Clubs: Spaces for More Than Reading
In our lonely city, book clubs provide spaces to connect with like-minded and similarly-identifying people.
Author Katherine Heiny on How to Read the Room
While only some of author Katherine Heiny are set in the DMV, her April 22 book talk is local.
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