To Michael Dittman: With reference to Af-Am pulp/hard-boiled writers, 2 good places to start would be Frankie Bailey's 'Out of the Woodpile' (1991) and Stephen Soitos's 'The Blues Detective' (1996). You could also take a look at the mountain of stuff on Chester Himes. Good luck! David Schmid - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca