@ottopenzler

Receipts for Handsy McBookseller's behavior. I'm white, live in a white neighborhood, and work in the largely white profession of publishing.

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"I'm white, live in a white neighborhood, and work in the largely white profession of publishing. " web.archive.org/web/20210118…

The Dark Secrets Of Black Noir

Many white writers have used black characters in their fiction, but none as consistently and convincingly as George Pelecanos. The first really successful book about a black cop was "In the Heat of...

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"Men take [writing] more seriously as art. Men labor over a book to make it literature." leegoldberg.com/otto_is_at_i…

Otto is At It Again - Lee Goldberg

Otto Penzler trashes writers of so-called "cozies" in an interview with Book Standard.  This time, he says cozies aren’t worthy of Edgar consideration. Are female mystery-writers—most often the...

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Big Trouble at Bouchercon - Book and Film Globe

After recent harassment allegations, both Bouchercon and the ITW are promising to win back the trust of the crime-fiction community .

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How Did Mystery Writer Twitter Become Convinced This Debut Author Didn’t Exist?

Rumors circulated that “Stephanie Buelens” was a pseudonym. Then she called me.

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"To paraphrase Newt Gingrich..." web.archive.org/web/20210125…

The Cynical Art of Chick Lit

The recent death of one of the giants in the history of crime writing, Mickey Spillane, made me stop to think for a while about what motivates writers to write at all, and what motivates them to...

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"In his willingness to stand up for Spillane, Penzler is no lone gunfighter. One of his chief allies is the late Ayn Rand...According to Penzler, Rand made him a Spillane convert in her book "The Romantic Manifesto." chicagotribune.com/1994/02/1…

BULLY PULP

For ’50s schoolboys, the qualities that made Mickey Spillane’s paperback mysteries so appealing seemed pretty elementary: lurid sex, brazen violence and dum-dum prose. In “I, the Jury,” “Vengeance Is…

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About SiC ''It`s an organization that espouses non-sexism but is sexist. They loathe the old boys network in publishing, but they`ve become one. It`s a divisive organization. Some of its members are strident and achingly boring on the subject of sexism." web.archive.org/web/20210301…

SISTERS IN CRIME

He wears a frayed Burberry trench coat over a powder-blue suit. The lapels on each are as broad as a hint. Little children cover their ears at the sight of his tie.

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"For many years, I have welcomed the celebration of the incoming board w/ a party at the Mysterious Bookshop. The board does not deserve a celebration of any kind, & it would be hypocritical of me to host one. You are no longer welcome in my shop" (pdf) web.archive.org/web/20220124…
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"There are increasingly diverse cultures beginning to produce crime fiction, and much of it is first-rate. However, if you want it to be, you know, fun, stick to the Brits and the Americans." publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t…

Why the Best Mysteries Are Written in English

Otto Penzler:

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"Otto Peltzer Embraces His Inner Literary Klansman" edrants.com/otto-penzler-emb…

Otto Peltzer Embraces His Inner Literary Klansman - Reluctant Habits

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This post, as you've probably already gathered, is a parody of Otto Penzler's New York Sun column. But since Mr. Penzler has threatened me by email, I have added this note to state...

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Otto Penzler "...is the mystery equivalent of a drunken Mel Gibson,..." leegoldberg.com/when_will_my…
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