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September 15, 2017
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Nicholas Dawidoff
Ross Macdonald, True Detective
The '50s noir novelist investigated sources of rot in the American grain.
December 8, 2015
Sarah Weinman
The Case of the Disappearing Black Detective Novel
Hughes Allison was a black mystery writer with a promising future. What went wrong?
January 25, 2006
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January 18, 2005
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