T.v. Locicero

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T.V. LoCicero has been writing both fiction and non-fiction across five decades. He's the author of the true crime books Murder in the Synagogue (Prentice-Hall), on the assassination of Rabbi Morris Adler, and Squelched: The Suppression of Murder in the Synagogue. His novels include the romance When A Pretty Woman Smiles and the crime thrillers The Car Bomb and Admission of Guilt, the first two books in The detroit im dyin Trilogy, and The Obsession and The Disappearance, the first two in The Truth Beauty Trilogy. Eight of his shorter works are now available as ebooks. These are among the stories and essays he has published in various periodicals, including Commentary, Ms. and The University Review, and in the hard-cover collections Best Magazine Articles, The Norton Reader and The Third Coast.


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  • Pleased and Gratified

    If you’re a writer, you know there may be nothing as pleasing and gratifying as a warm word of approval from someone whose opinion you deeply value. Read more

    Posted on 16 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

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    Posted on 04 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

  • The Close Third and the Essence of Fiction

    Is fiction dying? Or, in this early flowering of the ebook age, is it resurgent? You can find advocates for each position, but what continues to fascinate me ar... Read more

    Posted on 24 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

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    In my last post… I offered some thoughts on the currently heated discussion of genre versus literary fiction and said I’d look at the experience of... Read more

    Posted on 13 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

  • Flirting with Genre

    In two recent posts titled Why Crime?… I’ve talked about why we’re so taken with crime books and why crimes usually happen in my own books. Read more

    Posted on 10 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

  • Buying Book Reviews

    Suddenly two weekends ago (8/25-26)… All those contentious words flying around the web for weeks on the subject of book reviews (Too nice? Too nasty? Not worth... Read more

    Posted on 30 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

  • WHY CRIME? (Part 2)

    In my last post I asked… Why do so many of us seem to love books that feature crime? You might want to check it out here, before heading into this one. Read more

    Posted on 27 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

  • Why Crime?

    Why do so many of us seem to love crime with a passion? Why do we devour book after book as if we’re in the clutches of an addiction? Read more

    Posted on 23 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

  • THINGS HAVE CHANGED (Part 3)

    So this is the third and last installment of this series… In Part 1 and Part 2 I’ve been asking, are Murder in the Synagogue and Squelched: The Suppression of... Read more

    Posted on 25 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

  • THINGS HAVE CHANGED (Part 2)

    Last time… I wrote about my books Murder in the Synagogue and Squelched: The Suppression of Murder in the Synagogue and ended by asking what, if anything,... Read more

    Posted on 25 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

  • Things Have Changed

    Oh, you’ve noticed? Yes, a pretty common observation from those interested in books and publishing these days. But I’ve got a story about the Great Shift... Read more

    Posted on 25 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE