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How to Write a Pain Book

How to Write a Pain Book

For Lisa Levy Illness Is Easy, Pain Is Hard

By Lisa Levy | April 28, 2022

The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

A Fickle Superfan’s Guide to the Dark Lady of Letters

By Lisa Levy | October 4, 2019

Julia Dahl: Crime Fiction Among the Pious

Julia Dahl: Crime Fiction Among the Pious

Getting Tipsy with the Author of Conviction

By Lisa Levy | March 28, 2017

5 Crime Must-Reads to Devour Coming This March

5 Crime Must-Reads to Devour Coming This March

Lisa Levy Recommends Leah Carroll, Amy Engel, and Others

By Lisa Levy | February 27, 2017

Crime and Murder Among the Mormons

Crime and Murder Among the Mormons

Lisa Levy on the Unlikely Utah Noir of Mette Ivie Harrison

By Lisa Levy | January 30, 2017

So Who Exactly is Bob Dylan, Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate?

So Who Exactly is Bob Dylan, Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate?

The Poet vs. Songwriter vs. Showman Debate Rages On

By Lisa Levy | October 13, 2016

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More Big Literary Biographies of Women, Please

By Lisa Levy | September 28, 2016

But Are You Sure You Want a Baby?

By Lisa Levy | September 23, 2016

Bouchercon 2016, New Orleans: An Oral History

By Lisa Levy | September 23, 2016

Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

A preview of the Largest Mystery Fan Convention in the US

By Lisa Levy | September 13, 2016

In Defense of Trash

In Defense of Trash

Why Pleasures Should Never Be Guilty, From Valley of the Dolls to Bonkbusters

By Lisa Levy | August 25, 2016

Women Crime Writers Are Not a Fad

Women Crime Writers Are Not a Fad

And Megan Abbott is Here to Prove It

By Lisa Levy | July 29, 2016

On the Pleasures of Pre-Internet Fandom

On the Pleasures of Pre-Internet Fandom

Lisa Levy Recalls the Intensity of Private Discovery

By Lisa Levy | July 27, 2016

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

In Praise of a Great American Crime Writer

By Lisa Levy | June 17, 2016

We Need More First-Hand Books About Urban Poverty

We Need More First-Hand Books About Urban Poverty

Lisa Levy on Dreamland, Evicted, and The Cook Up

By Lisa Levy | May 19, 2016

Live From the Edgars, Crime Writing's Big Night

Live From the Edgars, Crime Writing's Big Night

Lisa Levy Reports on Walter Mosley, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Speed-Eating While Live-Tweeting

By Lisa Levy | May 2, 2016