The Resource Houston noir, edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda
Houston noir, edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda
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- Summary
- "Zepeda's introduction notes her hometown's unique features, including the absence of any zoning laws, making Houston 'culturally diverse, internally incongruous, and ever-changing'...Noir aficionados will be pleased." --Publishers Weekly "There's precious little comfort to be found in any of these Houston neighborhoods, most of which are set light-years away from the city's notoriously cushy new-money culture...Houston comes across as a haven of multiculturalism--though, as in all the 90-plus volumes of Akashic's 15-year-old series, the vision of the city that emerges isn't likely to jump-start tourism for any but the most ghoulishly inclined." --Kirkus Reviews "Houston Noir has arrived, an ode to the grime, grit and glamour of Texas's largest, most fascinating (and, to be fair, probably ugliest) city. Houston is unique in Texas history in that it's a large, multicultural port city that has never had zoning laws. While that can mean oil refineries located right next to schools, it can also mean--and does mean--one of the least segregated cities in the United States, which, combined with urban sprawl, means every kind of story, in every kind of combination, is up for grabs as a Houston story. We can't wait to see all the different visions of this complex town!" --CrimeReads "Houston Noir is a great collection of fourteen noir mysteries in the always reliable, always intriguing Akashic Noir series. This collection was edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda who did a bang-up job of selecting writers and encouraging them to great noir." --Tonstant Weader Reviews Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: Tom Abrahams, Robert Boswell, Sarah Cortez, Anton DiSclafani, Stephanie Jaye Evans, Wanjiku Wa Ngugi, Adrienne Perry, Pia Pico, Reyes Ramirez, Icess Fernandez Rojas, Sehba Sarwar, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Larry Watts, and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton. From the introduction by Gwendolyn Zepeda: In a 2004 essay, Hunter S. Thompson described Houston as a "cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It's a shabby, sprawling metropolis ruled by brazen women, crooked cops and super-rich pansexual cowboys who live by the code of the West--which can mean just about anything you need it to mean, in a pinch." For what it's worth, that quote is now posted on a banner somewhere downtown and regularly, gleefully repeated by our local feature writers. Houston is a port city on top of a swamp and, yes, it has no zoning laws. And that means it's culturally diverse, internally incongruous, and ever-changing
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Contents
-
- A dark universe
- Larry Watts
- Xitali Zaragoza, curandera
- Reyes Ramirez
- Photo album
- Sarah Cortez
- Part III: Minutes from downtown and nightlife.
- Where the ends meet
- Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
- Tolerance
- Part I: Desireable locations wiht private security.
- Tom Abrahams
- City of girls
- Leslie Contreras Schwartz
- Miles's blues
- Wanjikäu wa Ngäugäi
- Part IV: Up-and-coming areas, newly revitalized.
- Happy hunting
- Icess Fernandez Rojas
- The falls of Westpark
- Pia Pico
- Tangled
- Railway track
- Sehba Sarwar
- Jamie's mother
- Stephanie Jay Evans
- Anton DiSclafani
- One in the family
- Adrienne Perry
- The use of landscape
- Robert Boswell
- Part II: Peaceful hamlets, great for families.
- Isbn
- 9781617757068
- Label
- Houston noir
- Title
- Houston noir
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda
- Subject
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- trueVictims of crimes
- trueViolent crimes
- trueCity life
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Fiction
- Houston (Tex.) -- Fiction
- trueHouston, Texas
- Mystery fiction
- trueNeighborhoods
- Noir fiction, American
- Noir fiction, American
- truePort cities
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Short stories, American
- Short stories, American
- Texas -- Houston
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Zepeda's introduction notes her hometown's unique features, including the absence of any zoning laws, making Houston 'culturally diverse, internally incongruous, and ever-changing'...Noir aficionados will be pleased." --Publishers Weekly "There's precious little comfort to be found in any of these Houston neighborhoods, most of which are set light-years away from the city's notoriously cushy new-money culture...Houston comes across as a haven of multiculturalism--though, as in all the 90-plus volumes of Akashic's 15-year-old series, the vision of the city that emerges isn't likely to jump-start tourism for any but the most ghoulishly inclined." --Kirkus Reviews "Houston Noir has arrived, an ode to the grime, grit and glamour of Texas's largest, most fascinating (and, to be fair, probably ugliest) city. Houston is unique in Texas history in that it's a large, multicultural port city that has never had zoning laws. While that can mean oil refineries located right next to schools, it can also mean--and does mean--one of the least segregated cities in the United States, which, combined with urban sprawl, means every kind of story, in every kind of combination, is up for grabs as a Houston story. We can't wait to see all the different visions of this complex town!" --CrimeReads "Houston Noir is a great collection of fourteen noir mysteries in the always reliable, always intriguing Akashic Noir series. This collection was edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda who did a bang-up job of selecting writers and encouraging them to great noir." --Tonstant Weader Reviews Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: Tom Abrahams, Robert Boswell, Sarah Cortez, Anton DiSclafani, Stephanie Jaye Evans, Wanjiku Wa Ngugi, Adrienne Perry, Pia Pico, Reyes Ramirez, Icess Fernandez Rojas, Sehba Sarwar, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Larry Watts, and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton. From the introduction by Gwendolyn Zepeda: In a 2004 essay, Hunter S. Thompson described Houston as a "cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It's a shabby, sprawling metropolis ruled by brazen women, crooked cops and super-rich pansexual cowboys who live by the code of the West--which can mean just about anything you need it to mean, in a pinch." For what it's worth, that quote is now posted on a banner somewhere downtown and regularly, gleefully repeated by our local feature writers. Houston is a port city on top of a swamp and, yes, it has no zoning laws. And that means it's culturally diverse, internally incongruous, and ever-changing
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- 10779103
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- short stories
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Zepeda, Gwendolyn
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- True
- Series statement
- Akashic noir series
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- Noir fiction, American
- Short stories, American
- Noir fiction, American
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Short stories, American
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Houston (Tex.)
- Texas
- Label
- Houston noir, edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- A dark universe
- Larry Watts
- Xitali Zaragoza, curandera
- Reyes Ramirez
- Photo album
- Sarah Cortez
- Part III: Minutes from downtown and nightlife.
- Where the ends meet
- Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
- Tolerance
- Part I: Desireable locations wiht private security.
- Tom Abrahams
- City of girls
- Leslie Contreras Schwartz
- Miles's blues
- Wanjikäu wa Ngäugäi
- Part IV: Up-and-coming areas, newly revitalized.
- Happy hunting
- Icess Fernandez Rojas
- The falls of Westpark
- Pia Pico
- Tangled
- Railway track
- Sehba Sarwar
- Jamie's mother
- Stephanie Jay Evans
- Anton DiSclafani
- One in the family
- Adrienne Perry
- The use of landscape
- Robert Boswell
- Part II: Peaceful hamlets, great for families.
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781617757068
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2018960607
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1050955117
- (OCoLC)on1050955117
- 570087
- 633929
- Label
- Houston noir, edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- A dark universe
- Larry Watts
- Xitali Zaragoza, curandera
- Reyes Ramirez
- Photo album
- Sarah Cortez
- Part III: Minutes from downtown and nightlife.
- Where the ends meet
- Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
- Tolerance
- Part I: Desireable locations wiht private security.
- Tom Abrahams
- City of girls
- Leslie Contreras Schwartz
- Miles's blues
- Wanjikäu wa Ngäugäi
- Part IV: Up-and-coming areas, newly revitalized.
- Happy hunting
- Icess Fernandez Rojas
- The falls of Westpark
- Pia Pico
- Tangled
- Railway track
- Sehba Sarwar
- Jamie's mother
- Stephanie Jay Evans
- Anton DiSclafani
- One in the family
- Adrienne Perry
- The use of landscape
- Robert Boswell
- Part II: Peaceful hamlets, great for families.
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781617757068
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2018960607
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1050955117
- (OCoLC)on1050955117
- 570087
- 633929
Subject
- trueVictims of crimes
- trueViolent crimes
- trueCity life
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Fiction
- Houston (Tex.) -- Fiction
- trueHouston, Texas
- Mystery fiction
- trueNeighborhoods
- Noir fiction, American
- Noir fiction, American
- truePort cities
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Short stories, American
- Short stories, American
- Texas -- Houston
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