I notice there's a very low-key and nonchalant attitude
evinced by many Rara-Avis members who are writing excellent
articles that pop up everywhere. I've read great stuff by
Richard Moore, Mario Taboada, and Gerald So on Kevin's
thrillingdetective site (There's a new edition out, by the
way. Beautiful job on the cover, Kevin. And I can't believe
the amount of new material in it.). Through another list I
found out about a Mystery Readers Journal. I ordered a couple
back issues on mysteries in the South, and nestled between
the pages I found articles by both Jim Doherty and Bill
Crider.
You guys are writing great stuff and not flaunting it in even
the most casual manner. Heck with that! I WROTE AN ARTICLE!!!
YEAH! And Al Guthrie has accepted it for his new noir site.
It's the fourth link down right here:
http://www.allanguthrie.co.uk/noirzine.htm
Go there right now and read it! Ignore all those other
articles by real writers, like Jim Blue, Dave Zeltserman,
Russell James, Bill Crider, Allan Guthrie, James Reasoner,
and Lee Horsley, and read mine! YEAH!
About the article: I was pretty heavy into it before I
realized that I hadn't read enough to properly discuss the
subject. That pains me because I don't mind reading something
that differs from my opinion, but I dislike articles written
by people who don't know their subject. With this in mind, my
article is just an attempt by a rookie to collect his
thoughts on an important era in hardboiled and noir fiction,
and any air of authority in it should rightfully be met with
snickers and guffaws.
Thanks to Jim Doherty for permission to use his quote and
thanks to Al Guthrie for coaching me and also for the fine
layout and graphics work. Thanks to all of Rara-Avis for
discussing the topics in the article.
miker
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