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No Biggie, Just Me in the TLS

January 19, 2020 / Lisa Levy

My debut in the TLS is a brief review of Jeannie Vanasco’s heart-wrenching Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl.

My 2019 Top Ten List

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 / Lisa Levy

We did a bunch of year-end lists at Crime Reads (I particularly did the psychological thrillers) but I thought maybe I’d do a more inclusive year-end list, which reflects what I actually read, These are in no particular order, though I’d make a special plea for Snyder’s book, which I don’t feel like it got the publicity it deserves: Continue reading →

The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 / Lisa Levy

For a Sontag geek like me this was pure pleasure (at Lit Hub).

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.

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