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Lit REACTOR, fair use Raymond Chandler, along with Dashiell Hammett before him and Ross Macdonald after, effected a startling change in the crime novel. As Chandler put it, he took the novel away from those who commit murder with “hand-wrought dueling pistols, curare, and tropical fish” and returned it to “the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse.” This passage from Chandler’s essay explaining his technique in “The Simple Art of Murder” is dripping with sarcasm, contempt, and class analysis in its explanation of how the genre had been practiced...

Lena Dunham wants everyone deserves a good miniskirt — not just thin women. The actress-slash-writer-slash-director has spent years in search of short skirts that fit her body, mostly to no avail. “I can’t wear it because I’m basically showing what my mother would refer to as my pupik,” she quipped to the New York Times. Thanks to Dunham’s new plus-sized fashion line, designed in collaboration with the upscale plus-sized e-retailer 11 Honoré, that’s about to change. Now, women with bigger bodies can experience a skirt that was made with them in mind — as long as they’re wil...

Tim Miller 5 ARTICLES 0 COMMENTS Tim Miller's poetry and essays have appeared in Parabola, The Wisdom Daily, Jewish Literary Journal, Crannog, Southword, Londongrip, Poethead, and others across the US and UK. Two recent books include Bone Antler Stone (poetry, The High Window Press) and the long narrative poem To the House of the Sun (S4N Books).

Rare gold coin sells for $9.36 million at Texas auction by The Associated Press Last Updated Jan 22, 2021 at 11:14 am EDT This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows a rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 that has sold at auction in Dallas for $9.36 million. Heritage Auctions offered the New York-style Brasher Doubloon Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, as part of an auction of U.S. coins. Heritage says the sale is the most ever paid for a gold coin at auction. (Heritage Auctions via AP) DALLAS — A rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 has sol...

Rare gold coin made in New York sold for $9M Published  FILE - Generic gavel on wooden table. NEW YORK - A rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 has sold at auction in Dallas for $9.36 million. Heritage Auctions offered the New York-style Brasher Doubloon on Thursday evening as part of an auction of U.S. coins. Heritage said the sale is the most ever paid for a gold coin at auction and the buyer wished to remain anonymous. "The Brasher Doubloons, for coin collectors, coin connoisseurs, this is sort of a holy grail ... the one piece that is the most famous and the mo...