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Dwyer Murphy

Dwyer Murphy
Dwyer Murphy's new book is The House on Buzzards Bay, available June 24, 2025 from Viking Books. He is the author of An Honest Living and The Stolen Coast, both of which were New York Times Editors’ Choice selections. He is the editor in chief of Literary Hub‘s CrimeReads vertical


When Baseball Fantasy Crashes Into Reality

Where Are They Now: The Oakland A's 2002 Draft Class
April 6, 2017  By Dwyer Murphy
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The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

Dwyer Murphy Finds Blood, Guns, and Corpses at SleuthFest 2017
March 20, 2017  By Dwyer Murphy
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Donald Trump Has Made It Hard to Be a New England Patriots Fan

On Questioning the Reasons You Have for Loving a Sports Franchise
February 3, 2017  By Dwyer Murphy
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11 Memoirs by 20th-Century American Radicals

Muckracking Journalists, Antiwar Activists, and More
January 30, 2017  By Dwyer Murphy
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The Last Bookbinder on the Lower East Side

An Ancient Trade, Alive on Henry Street
December 21, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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A Visit to the Shadowy World of Rare Book Theft

The Seedy Underbelly of Antiquarian Bookselling
December 1, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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The Harlem Bookstore Committed to Revolutionary Politics

Revolution Books' Mission to Build a Community of Defiance
November 30, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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In Search of the Radical Bookstores of Old San Franciso

Dwyer Murphy Follows in His Father's Footsteps
November 18, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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The New Literature of MMA

On the 21st Century Writing About a Very 21st Century Sport
November 11, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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Why You Should Hate Football (But Will Watch It Anyway)

12 Books to Explain a Nation's Obsessions
September 8, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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A Very Rare Book by One of America’s All-Time Great Athletes

Visiting Jim Thorpe's $10,000 History of the Olympics
August 5, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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A Neoliberal Trojan Horse: Dave Zirin on the Olympics

Dwyer Murphy talks Rio with the The Nation's Sports Editor
July 28, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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Writers Defeat Publishers (At Basketball)

At Wednesday Night's National Book Foundation "Other NBA" Game
June 17, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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An Endless Summer of the Best in Surf Lit

From Dark Surf Noir to the Zen of the Waves
June 15, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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The Most Important Basketball Game in the Country (on Wednesday)

Publishers and Writers Renew Their Brutal Rivalry on the Court
June 14, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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A Pilgrimage to the $7,500 Muhammad Ali Book

Dwyer Murphy Heads to Soho for a Touch of Greatness
June 13, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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Ten Writers and The Sports They Should Write About

Marlon James on Soccer, Jesmyn Ward on Football, Hanya Yanagihira on Hockey, and More...
April 27, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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10 Contemporary Baseball Books for the New Season

A Reading List for that Most Literary of Pastimes
April 6, 2016  By Dwyer Murphy
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