Jewish Noir

Wishnia, Kenneth ( ed ), R.S. Brenner, Steven Wishnia, B.K. Stevens, Travis Richardson, Yente Sedatsky, Marge Piercy, Wendy Hornsby, Melissa Yi, S.J. Rozan, Moe Prager ( aka Reed Farrel Coleman ), Michael J. Cooper, Nancy Richler, M. Dante, Stephen J. Schwartz, Robert Lopresti, Alan Orloff, S.A. Solomon, Adam D. Fisher, Michele Lang, David Liss, Jonathan Santlofer, Tasha Kaminsky, Charles Ardai, Gary Phillips, Eddie Muller, Heywood Gould, Alan Gordon, Jedidiah Ayres, Jason Starr, Dave Zeltserman, Harlan Ellison

ISBN 10: 1629631116 / ISBN 13: 9781629631110

Published by PM Press, Oakland, 2015

About this Item

First edition, first printing of this collection of short stories. SIGNED by 12 of the contributing authors on the title page including Melissa Yi, S.J. Rozan, Kenneth Wishnia, Reed Farrel Coleman (Moe), Jonathan Santlofer, Charles Ardai, Alan Gordon, S.A. Solomon. In fine condition.

Seller Inventory # 37174

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jewish Noir
• Publisher: PM Press, Oakland
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629631116
• ISBN 13: 9781629631110
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Mystery
  • Short Story Collections

About this title

Synopsis

EDITED BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE FILOMENA BUSCARSELA SERIES

A unique collection of all-new stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers.

JEWISH NOIR is a unique collection of all-new stories by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors such as Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S.J. Rozan, Nancy Richler, Moe Prager (Reed Farrel Coleman), Wendy Hornsby, Charles Ardai and Kenneth Wishnia.

The stories explore such issues as the Holocaust and its long-term effects on subsequent generations, anti-Semitism in the mid- and late-20th century United States and the dark side of the Diaspora (e.g., the decline of revolutionary fervour, the passing of generations, the Golden Ghetto, etc.). The stories in this collection also include many 'teachable moments' about the history of prejudice, and the contradictions of ethnic identity and assimilation into American society.

About the Author

Kenneth Wishnia's novels include 23 Shades of Black, an Edgar Allan Poe Award and Anthony Award finalist; Soft Money, a Library Journal Best Mystery of the Year; and Red House, a Washington Post "Rave" Book of the Year and The Fifth Servant, an Indie Notable selection, a Jewish Press Best Mystery of the Year, winner of a Premio Letterario ADEI-WIZO, and a finalist for the Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery Award. His short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, Queens Noir, Long Island Noir, Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail, and elsewhere. His latest novel, The Fifth Servant, was an Indie Notable selection, a Best Jewish Book of the Year according to the Association of Jewish Libraries, won a Premio Letterario ADEI-WIZO (the Italian chapter of the Women's International Zionist Organization), and was a finalist for the Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery Award, a category of the Macavity Awards. Most recently, he edited the Anthony Award-nominated anthology Jewish Noir for PM Press. He teaches writing, literature and other deviant forms of thought at Suffolk Community College on Long Island.