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The Great Hipster Mystery: Defining a Canon

August 14, 2019 / Lisa Levy

I am unduly proud of this.

The Dark and Dreamy Noir of The Great Gatsby

January 29, 2019February 14, 2019 / Lisa Levy

I wrote about my special relationship to Gatsby and its noir undertones at CrimeReads.

Is This Any Fun?

August 28, 2018 / Lisa Levy

Full text finally available on the Believer website: I wrote about my former professor, Richard Poirer, for The Believer.

More Big Literary Biographies of Women, Please

September 29, 2016April 17, 2018 / Lisa Levy

 

I used Ruth Franklin’s excellent biography of Shirley Jackson as an occasion to write about literary biography at Literary Hub.

The Rise of the Literary Espionage Novel

December 10, 2014April 17, 2018 / Lisa Levy

 

I wrote about the new breed of highbrow spy novels at Pacific Standard.

 

 

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