{"product_id":"oakland-noir-9781617755309","title":"Oakland Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The legendarily tough California city of Oakland finally gets an entry in the Akashic noir series.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/em\u003e. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Noir\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Noir\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOrange County Noir\u003c\/em\u003e--all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir Series--comes the latest California installment, \u003cem\u003eOakland Noir\u003c\/em\u003e. Masterfully curated by Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller (the \"Czar of Noir\"), this volume will shock, titillate, provoke, and entertain. The diverse cast of talented contributors will not disappoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrand-new stories by: Nick Petrulakis, Kim Addonizio, Keenan Norris, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Katie Gilmartin, Dorothy Lazard, Harry Louis Williams II, Carolyn Alexander, Phil Canalin, Judy Juanita, Jamie DeWolf, Nayomi Munaweera, Mahmud Rahman, Tom McElravey, Joe Loya, and Eddie Muller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry Thompson: \"Discovering the wang-dang-doodle jams of the Pointer Sisters shifted my entire focus. Stunning black women were scatting and bebopping all the way into my soul. I think what we've put together in \u003cem\u003eOakland Noir\u003c\/em\u003e is a volume where this city is a character in every story. He's a slick brother strutting over a bacon-grease bass line and tambourine duet. She's a white chick with a bucket of hot muffins heading to farmer and flea markets, to sell crafts and get hooked up with some fine kat with dreadlocks and a criminal record. And it's in the faces of young fearless muthafuckers pounding keyboards and snapping fingers, lips, Snapchats, and Facebook timelines. It's the core of not only Black Lives Matter but \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e lives matter. We are the children of fantasy and of the funk . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEddie Muller: \"These days, writers and readers aren't denying the darker parts of our existence as much as they used to, especially in crime fiction. Some writers just do it for fun, because it's become the fashionable way to get published. You know, \"gritty violence\" and all that bullshit. The genuine darkness in noir stories comes from two places--the cruelty of the world's innate indifference, and the cruelty that people foster within themselves. If you're not seriously dealing with one, the other, or both, then you're not really writing noir.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617755309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEddie Muller, \u003c\/b\u003e a.k.a. the \"Czar of Noir,\" has been nominated for several Edgar and Anthony awards, and his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Distance\u003c\/i\u003e won a Shamus Award. He produces the San Francisco Noir City Film Festival, the largest annual film noir retrospective in the world, and is a frequent host on Turner Classic Movies. He is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eOakland Noir.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerry Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e is an accomplished violinist, playwright, and poet. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBlack Artists in Oakland, \u003c\/i\u003e and owned Black Spring Books, an independent bookstore. He is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eOakland Noir.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jerry Thompson \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733880848541,"sku":"9781617755309","price":39.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_fc9d7c95-f1d0-46e0-8831-27b70ed84e25.jpg?v=1773737572","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/oakland-noir-9781617755309","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}