The problem with the Akashic collections, and the reason I don't like them, is that the publisher specifically tells the editors they don't want mystery writers. They asked someone here in St. Louis to do one, and for that reason he rejected the offer.
RJR
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, sonny <sforstater@...> wrote:
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> wow, i certainly hope so too. a noir collection edited by someone who doesn't care for noir much? and picking 'young' writers is fine, but even the use of 'literary' is concerning.
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> --- On Thu, 11/4/10, Todd Mason <foxbrick@...> wrote:
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> > From: Todd Mason <foxbrick@...>
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: NoirCon coverage on Philly radio...
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010, 12:03 PM
> > ...what I've heard so far is a brief
> > take from NPR affiliate WHYY on Carlin Romano's Akashic
> > entry PHILADELPHIA NOIR, which I hope misquotes him as
> > saying he doesn't care for noir much, so he made a point of
> > mixing in "young literary" writers.
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> > I'll hope that was a misquotation, but Romano is prone to
> > less than brilliant pronouncements.
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> > Todd Mason
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