David Nemeth's weekly INCIDENT REPORT on recent crime novels from the small & indie press underground features Molotov's re-release of Cooper's The Syndicate.
Read morePulp Curry Retro Look @ Clarence Cooper
Andrew Nette, novelist and essayist, takes a look back at Clarence Cooper Jr's The Scene in anticipation of Molotov Editions release of Cooper's The Syndicate.
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Lost crime classic from Clarence Cooper, Jr., a black crime writer from Detroit whose first novel, The Scene, was a literary sensation. Believed to be too raw, and possibly damaging to his literary career, The Syndicate was published under pseudonym in 1960, a hard-hitting, fast-paced story plunging into the psycho-sexual depths of a ruthless enforcer sent to retrieve syndicate money.
Read more5 Books from Molotov Editions: Our Catalogue Now
The Syndicate, Clarence Cooper, Jr, forthcoming June, 2018; Tzara's Dada Manifesto translated by Shelley Award Winner Gillian Conoley; The Death of Teddy Ballgame, play from bestseller Robert Mailer Anderson; The White Devil, Hammett Prize Winning Molotov Original from Domenic Stansberry; and Stansberry's Edgar Winning The Confession, in e-book for first time.
WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE DOLCE VITA: W&N ACQUIRES THE WHITE DEVIL
For Immediate Release
W&N ACQUIRES ‘EXCEPTIONAL’ NOIR THE WHITE DEVIL
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired an ‘exceptional and compelling’ (Publishers Weekly) noir by celebrated American crime writer Domenic Stansberry, pitched as reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith and Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty. Published in U.S. by Molotov Editions
Read moreTHE WHITE DEVIL NAMED WINNER OF NORTH AMERICAN HAMMETT PRIZE
The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers is pleased to announce that The White Devil, by Domenic Stansberry (Molotov Editions), has been named the winner of the organization's annual HAMMETT PRIZE for a work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing.
Read moreJoanne Kyger Memorial: On the Mesa, Bolinas, California
Photo Gallery: 31 Photos from Joanne Kyger Memorial, on the Mesa, Bolinas California, near old RCA Antenna Farm. Readings from Kyger's letters and poems. Party after at Joanne's and her husband Don Guravich's house. CLICK RIGHT TO SEE PHOTOS.
AWARDS: MOLOTOV EDITIONS AND THE WHITE DEVIL
Domenic Stansberry's The White Devil, released by Molotov Editions back In October, 2016, has been named for four different awards, including a number of Independent Press Awards, shown above, and is currently a finalist for the prestigious Hammett Prize, along with the Thin Man Trophy, the winner of which will be announced in October, 2017.
THE CONFESSION: EDGAR WINNER NOW IN E-BOOK
STANSBERRY'S CONTROVERSIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL NOIR RELEASED BY MOLOTOV EDITIONS IN E-BOOK. COVER PHOTO BY PETER ROZOVSKY.
This neo-noir thriller stirred controversy when a dissenting judge on the Edgar Award Committee broke with tradition to condemn the selection of this "amoral" novel for Best Paperback Original. The novel tells the story of a forensic psychologist accused of strangling his mistress—and does so through the unnerving, charming, intelligent, often unreliable voice of the accused himself. Originally published in mass paper by Hard Case Crime,in 2005, this e-book edition from Molotov Editions features a cover photo by Peter Rozovsky, author of the influential blog Detectives Beyond Borders.
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Gillian Conoley Receives Shelley Memorial Award for Poetry: NYC
Poet Gillian recieved the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America in recognition of a body of work at mid-career, at the National Arts Club in Grammery Park on March 29, 2017. Molotov Editions is the proud publisher of her recent translation of Tzara's Dada Manifesto, On Feeble Love & Bitter Love, done in limited first edition of 120 copies, signed and numbered. Gillian is a poet, translator and edtitor, author of 7 books of poety, including Peace (LA Times Book Finalist), The Plot Genie, Beckon, and Tall Stranger; translator of Michaux's 1000 Times Breaking, from City Lights; and long time editor of Volt; A Magazine of the Arts.
She is pictured above, left, at the ceremony, along with Susan Howe--winner of the prestigious Frost Medal for lifetime achievement in poetry. Also shown (below) are Monica Youn, winner of the William Carlos Williams Award, and Jericho Brown, who won the Lyric Poetry Award.
Others here include friends and poets Dale Going, Katie Lederer, Elena Rivera: visual artist Hawley Hussey; crime novelist Domenic Stansberry, and Molotov Collaborator and Assistant Editor Gillis Flavia Stansberry.
Also, from the night before, Yusef Komunyakka, past Shelley Memorial Award winner, with Gillian at the Zinc Bar near NYU.
