Walter Mosley has been one of the widest-ranging and most interesting of American writers. Mosley has published science fiction and erotica, nonfiction and children’s books. But the majority of ...

Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins—private investigator, former aircraft assembly plant worker, WWII veteran, onetime resident of Watts—has appeared in 12 of Mosley’s novels set in the ’40s ...

In MWA Grand Master Mosley’s smooth, enjoyable latest King Oliver mystery (after Every Man a King), the NYPD detective–turned–PI agrees to help California tycoon Anthony Orr retrieve his ...

The world of contemporary literature is always changing and it’s hard to know what books are worth the hype and what the buzz ...

Walter Mosley says Trump’s election will ... In the rewriting of America that comes with every new president, Mosley’s keeping a beady eye on the transition from Obama to Trump – issues ...

Screening on opening night at DOC NYC, the film builds around an interview from near the end of its subject's life to deliver a close study of a celebrated author who became a cultural pariah in her ...

Often referred to as “the black Raymond Chandler”, Chester Himes’s celebrated cycle of novels have a wit and a philosophy of ...

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Set against the ice-capped Southern Alps, this novel depicts the boom and bust of New Zealand’s gold rush. Perfect for readers seeking an escape to a far-flung place. An absorbing account of the ...