{"product_id":"new-jersey-noir-paperback","title":"New Jersey Noir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Lou Manfredo's story \"Soul Anatomy\" was selected for \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories\u003c\/em\u003e 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This anthology is a collection of stories from all around New Jersey and is a representation of the richness of experiences with a twist: It's not all glass skyscrapers and clouds. This anthology gives voice to stories that don't make polite society, as most of us urban Jersey kids wouldn't. It's a thrilling read that brings shadows to life.\" --\u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Book Picks for All 50 States\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Oates's introduction to Akashic's noir volume dedicated to the Garden State, with its evocative definition of the genre, is alone worth the price of the book . . . Poems by C.K. Williams, Paul Muldoon, and others--plus photos by Gerald Slota--enhance this distinguished entry.\" \u003cem\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Noir.\u003c\/em\u003e Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brand-new stories (and a few poems) by: Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Safran Foer, Robert Pinsky, Edmund White \u0026amp; Michael Carroll, Richard Burgin, Paul Muldoon, Sheila Kohler, C.K. Williams, Gerald Stern, Lou Manfredo, S.A. Solomon, Bradford Morrow, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffrey Ford, S.J. Rozan, Barry N. Malzberg \u0026amp; Bill Pronzini, Hirsh Sawhney, and Robert Arellano.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the introduction by Joyce Carol Oates: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"New Jersey!--'The Garden State'--our fifth smallest state, with only Hawaii, Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island below it in land mass, yet it's the state containing the 'most murderous' American city (Camden) and the state generally conceded to be, square mile per square mile, the most densely politically corrupt. (Louisiana has been, by tradition, the most corrupt of all US states, but in recent years Illinois has been closing the lead.) Atlantic City, Jersey City, Hackensack, Hoboken, Secaucus, Newark, Camden (three recent Camden mayors have been jailed for corruption)--in these cities as in others corruption isn't aberrant but rather a way of (political) life . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sitting between the great cities of New York and Philadelphia, New Jersey has been by tradition a heavily 'organized' Mafia state, as it was at one time a northern outpost of the Ku Klux Klan, with a concentration of members in Trenton, Camden, Monmouth County, and South Jersey . . . In such ways, the most civilized and 'decent' among us find that we are complicit with the most brutal murderers. We enter into literally unspeakable alliances--of which we dare not speak except through the obliquities and indirections of fiction, poetry, and visual art of the sort gathered here in \u003cem\u003eNew Jersey Noir\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is the author of a number of noir works of fiction including \u003ci\u003eRape: A Love Story, Beasts, The Female of the Species, The Museum of Dr. Moses, \u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eGive Me Your Heart.\u003c\/i\u003e She has edited \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Short Stories, The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e She has been a resident of Princeton, New Jersey, since 1978.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247443329273,"sku":"9781617750267","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/lPwLrvd0-c9781617750267.webp?v=1768626435","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/new-jersey-noir-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}