Phil in SF reviewed New Jersey Noir by Joyce Carol Oates (Akashic Noir)
Mixed, like most anthologies
3 stars
I most enjoyed the Santlofer, Morrow and Arellano stories.
Hardcover, 274 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 2011 by Akashic.
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.
Brand-new stories (and a few poems) by: Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Safran Foer, Robert Pinsky, Edmund White & Michael Carroll, Richard Burgin, Paul Muldoon, Sheila Kohler, C.K. Williams, Gerald Stern, Lou Manfredo, S.A. Solomon, Bradford Morrow, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffrey Ford, S.J. Rozan, Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini, Hirsh Sawhney, and Robert Arellano.
I most enjoyed the Santlofer, Morrow and Arellano stories.