I did a big summer/fall roundup of mysteries for Library Journal.
Writing by Lisa Levy
By Lisa Levy
Critic, essayist, TV addict, music fan, misanthrope. Writer for The New Republic, The Believer, the LARB, The Millions, The Rumpus, and others. Contributing editor at Literary Hub and Crime Reads.
The New Sameness of Leslie Jamison’s Addiction Memoir
For JSTOR Daily, I wrote a critique of addiction memoirs featuring Leslie Jamison’s The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath.
Psychological Suspense and the #MeToo Movement
I interviewed Alafair Burke about her prescient novel, The Wife, for Literary Hub.
On Crime Fiction and Rape Culture
I wrote about crime fiction’s rape problem for Literary Hub (since moved to Crime Reads).
The Many Careers of Joe Ide
I had a lovely chat with Joe Ide about his long and winding road to writing crime fiction.
