Джойс Оутс - Prison Noir

“The 37 stories in this collection represent the best of the U.S.-based anthologies, and the list of contributors include virtually anyone who’s made the best-seller list with a work of crime fiction in the last decade. . a must-have anthology.” — Booklist (starred review)

“It’s hard to imagine how the present anthology could be topped for sheer marquee appeal. . Perhaps the single most impressive feature of the collection is its range of voices, from Joyce Carol Oates’ faux innocent young family to Megan Abbott’s impressionable high school kids to the chorus of peremptory voices S.J. Rozan plants in a haunted thief’s head. Eat your heart out, Walt Whitman: These are the folks who hear America singing, and moaning and screaming.” — Kirkus Reviews

“A less enlightened Temple cover collection of crime and mystery stories could easily reduce itself to stereotypical cartoons about white detectives with a whiskey bottle and a gun in the drawer but Akashic’s series takes itself very seriously in its mission to represent all aspects of a city’s dark side.” — Kirkus Reviews, Feature Story/Interview with Johnny Temple

“For those who prefer their crime closer to home, there is USA Noir, a veritable greatest hits of Akashic’s long-running, acclaimed noir anthology series, rounding up solid gold blackness of the bleakest and darkest kind. . Like Chuck Berry sang, ‘Anything you want, we got right here in the USA.’” — Mystery Scene Magazine

Launched with the summer ’04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir , Akashic Books has published over sixty volumes in its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

Featuring Noir Series stories from: Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow, Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, Susan Straight, Jonathan Safran Foer, Laura Lippman, Pete Hamill, Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Terrance Hayes, Jerome Charyn, Jeffery Deaver, Maggie Estep, Bayo Ojikutu, Tim McLoughlin, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Reed Farrel Coleman, Megan Abbott, Elyssa East, James W. Hall, J. Malcolm Garcia, Julie Smith, Joseph Bruchac, Pir Rothenberg, Luis Alberto Urrea, Domenic Stansberry, John O’Brien, S.J. Rozan, Asali Solomon, William Kent Krueger, Tim Broderick, Bharti Kirchner, Karen Karbo, and Lisa Sandlin.

JOHNNY TEMPLEis the publisher and editor in chief of Akashic Books, an award-winning Brooklyn-based independent company dedicated to publishing urban literary fiction and political nonfiction. Temple won the 2013 Ellery Queen Award; the American Association of Publishers’ 2005 Miriam Bass Award for Creativity in Independent Publishing; and the 2010 Jay and Deen Kogan Award for Excellence in Noir Literature. Temple plays bass guitar in the band Girls Against Boys, which has toured extensively across the globe and released numerous albums on independent and major record companies. He has contributed articles and political essays to various publications, including the Nation, Publishers Weekly, AlterNet, Poets & Writers , and BookForum. He is also the chair of the Brooklyn Literary Council, which works with Brooklyn’s borough president to plan the annual Brooklyn Book Festival in September.

USA Noir is available in paperback from our website and in bookstores everywhere. The e-book edition is available wherever e-books are sold.

The Akashic Books Noir series was launched in 2004 with the award-winning anthology, Brooklyn Noir. Each book is comprised of all new stories, each taking place within a distinct location within the city of the book. Stories in the series have won multiple Edgar, Shamus, and Hammett awards and the volumes have been translated into 10 languages. Every book is available on our website, as eBooks from your favorite vendor, and in print at online and brick & mortar bookstores everywhere. For more information on the series, including an up-to-date list of available titles, please visit www.akashicbooks.com/noirseries.htm.

ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE AKASHIC NOIR SERIES

BALTIMORE NOIR,edited by LAURA LIPPMAN

BARCELONA NOIR(SPAIN), edited by ADRIANA V. LÓPEZ & CARMEN OSPINA

BOSTON NOIR,edited by DENNIS LEHANE

BOSTON NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS,edited by DENNIS LEHANE, JAIME CLARKE & MARY COTTON

BRONX NOIR,edited by S.J. ROZAN

BROOKLYN NOIR,edited by TIM MCLOUGHLIN

BROOKLYN NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS,edited by TIM MCLOUGHLIN

BROOKLYN NOIR 3: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,edited by TIM MCLOUGHLIN & THOMAS ADCOCK

CAPE COD NOIR,edited by DAVID L. ULIN

CHICAGO NOIR,edited by NEAL POLLACK

COPENHAGEN NOIR(DENMARK), edited by BO TAO MICHAËLIS

DALLAS NOIR, edited by DAVID HALE SMITH

D.C. NOIR,edited by GEORGE PELECANOS

D.C. NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS,edited by GEORGE PELECANOS

DELHI NOIR(INDIA), edited by HIRSH SAWHNEY

DETROIT NOIR,edited by E.J. OLSEN & JOHN C. HOCKING

DUBLIN NOIR(IRELAND), edited by KEN BRUEN

HAITI NOIR,edited by EDWIDGE DANTICAT

HAITI NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by EDWIDGE DANTICAT

HAVANA NOIR(CUBA), edited by ACHY OBEJAS

INDIAN COUNTRY NOIR,edited by SARAH CORTEZ & LIZ MARTÍNEZ

ISTANBUL NOIR(TURKEY), edited by MUSTAFA ZIYALAN & AMY SPANGLER

KANSAS CITY NOIR, edited by STEVE PAUL

KINGSTON NOIR(JAMAICA), edited by COLIN CHANNER

LAS VEGAS NOIR,edited by JARRET KEENE & TODD JAMES PIERCE

LONDON NOIR(ENGLAND), edited by CATHI UNSWORTH

LONE STAR NOIR,edited by BOBY BYRD & JOHNNY BYRD

LONG ISLAND NOIR,edited by KAYLIE JONES

LOS ANGELES NOIR,edited by DENISE HAMILTON

LOS ANGELES NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS,edited by DENISE HAMILTON

MANHATTAN NOIR,edited by LAWRENCE BLOCK

MANHATTAN NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS,edited by LAWRENCE BLOCK

MANILA NOIR,edited by JESSICA HAGEDORN

MEXICO CITY NOIR(MEXICO), edited by PACO I. TAIBO II

MIAMI NOIR,edited by LES STANDIFORD

MOSCOW NOIR(RUSSIA), edited by NATALIA SMIRNOVA & JULIA GOUMEN

MUMBAI NOIR(INDIA), edited by ALTAF TYREWALA

NEW JERSEY NOIR,edited by JOYCE CAROL OATES

NEW ORLEANS NOIR,edited by JULIE SMITH

ORANGE COUNTY NOIR,edited by GARY PHILLIPS

PARIS NOIR(FRANCE), edited by AURéLIEN MASSON

PHILADELPHIA NOIR,edited by CARLIN ROMANO

PHOENIX NOIR,edited by PATRICK MILLIKIN

PITTSBURGH NOIR,edited by KATHLEEN GEORGE

PORTLAND NOIR,edited by KEVIN SAMPSELL

QUEENS NOIR,edited by ROBERT KNIGHTLY

RICHMOND NOIR,edited by ANDREW BLOSSOM, BRIAN CASTLEBERRY & TOM DE HAVEN

ROME NOIR(ITALY), edited by CHIARA STANGALINO & MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI

SAN DIEGO NOIR,edited by MARYELIZABETH HART

SAN FRANCISCO NOIR,edited by PETER MARAVELIS

SAN FRANCISCO NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS,edited by PETER MARAVELIS