* reverse-gentrification of the literary world
Noir Anthologies
Noir Is Beautiful
Hold the eggnog: What you need is a draft of "edgy fatalism and
sexy recklessness," of flashy crime, gallows humor, and
"desperate deals with a variety of devils," served up every year
since 2004 by the editors of Akashic Books' brilliant noir
anthologies. From Brooklyn to Boston, from Phoenix (where
"sunshine is the new noir") to pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans,
each volume in the series—featuring stories by the likes of Lee
Child, Maggie Estep, Stewart O'Nan — reveals a city's distinctive
inner darkness. In this year of financial crisis, Wall Street
Noir could be a rich gift.
The name Akashic which refers to an Etheric, Astral or Causal Plane Storehouse of Knowledge, is a Sanskrit word which comes to us from the Vedic texts of India.
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