Following the success of our “Second Chance Book Club,” we are partnering once again with our friends at Half Moon Rondout Café for another book club! This year, we’re exploring forgotten treasures! Every First Saturday of the Month at 2pm, we invite you to join us at 36 Broadway in the Rondout for coffee, donuts, and conversation. For each date, we’ve chosen a title that is on the road to being left in weeds but one which we believe people should experience before it is forgotten. Together, we’ll revisit some of these books and decide if its time has come and gone, or if it’s destined for a word-of-mouth revival. Either way, we’ll all enjoy delicious baked goods and coffee, so there’s nothing to lose. April's book is The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes. #ForgottenFavoritesBookClub #HalfMoonRondoutCafe #TheExpendableMan #DorothyHughes #KingstonNY #BookLovers #BookClub
Alright Dorothy...let's do this. #firesidereading #expendableman #dorothyhughes
February books of the month. On target again to read at least 5 books per month. This time a real pick and mix with noir, Japanese crime, motoring history, coming of age and my favourite of all just plain bonkers from Jasper. #read #bookseller #book #books #novel #toyota #jasperfforde #penguin #japan #theblacklizard #edogawarampo #inalonelyplace #dorothyhughes #closetohome #michaelmagee #redsidestory #bonkers #noir #crime
Sprinkling some more essential treasures to our New & Recommended Section. #NightmareAlley where I keep my mattress, #DorothyHughes #ElizabethTaylor #BlackWingsHasmyAngel #DiansAthill #NYRB #BaltimoreBookstore
IN A LONELY PLACE by Dorothy B. Hughes: Oof, this was a dark story! I saw the movie last year and loved it. The book felt different (I kept wondering if they had changed the ending) - which was a good thing for a mystery! In a Lonely Place follows Dix Steele, a listless veteran with a disdain for work and a hatred of women, as he rambles around Los Angeles in 1947. The city has been terrorized by a strangler targeting women and Dix has an obsessive interest in the police handling of the case. I loved the noir atmosphere. The omniscient third person narration simultaneously told me more than I wanted to know and left enough unsaid to keep me wondering.
📢✊♀ Le parcours engagé de Gloria Steinem 📝 Gloria Steinem est une journaliste et activiste américaine, promotrice des droits des femmes. Figure de la « deuxième vague féministe », elle vise dans ses écrits à dévoiler les rouages de la société patriarcale. Elle se distingue par son approche intersectionnelle, liant son militantisme féministe au combat en faveur des minorités. ✍️ 👯 C’est en travaillant en tant que journaliste free-lance ou chroniqueuse qu’elle se met à investiguer la condition féminine aux États-Unis dans les années 60 et 70. En 1971, elle co-fonde sa propre revue, « Ms. » avec l'activiste afro-américaine Dorothy Pitman Hughes. Elle y publie plusieurs articles sur le féminisme, notamment autour de l’avortement, la contraception et l’exploitation des femmes dans les clubs de strip-tease. 📚 En 2019, à l’âge de 86 ans, Steinem livre ses mémoires galvanisantes, cosmopolites et militantes dans Ma vie sur la route, mémoire d’une icône féministe (@harpercollinsfrance). Avec le pamphlet La vérité vous libérera mais d’abord elle vous emmerdera sorti en novembre 2020, elle rassemble sur presque 200 pages des citations tirées de ses discours, articles et livres. Sources : @grazia_fr @natgeo Illustrations : 1. Gloria Steinem à la fin des années soixante. 2. Steinem photographiée en 1971. 3. Gloria Steinem lors d'une marche pour les droits des femmes, dans les rues de New York en 1975.4. Gloria Steinem tenant une pancarte avec les mots « We Shall Overcome » (Nous vaincrons). Photographie de Yale Joel, 1965. 5. Gloria Steinem et Dorothy Pitman Hughes sur un podium en 1970, un an avant qu'elles ne co-fondent la revue « Ms. Magazine » 6. Portrait de Gloria Steinem par les photographes Andrea Gentl and Martin Hyers. 💌 Si ces destins vous passionnent autant que nous, inscrivez-vous à notre newsletter « Une citation par semaine » vous ne serez pas déçu.e du voyage ! 🪄 Inscrivez-vous : https://rb.gy/9kuqkc @gloriasteinem @ms_magazine @andreagentl #maisondices #dices #litterature #citation #writer #ecrivaine #ecrivain #journaliste #journalist #peinture #sculture #gloriasteinem #activiste #feminisme #feministe #dorothyhughes #msmagazine #photographie
Möchte jemand einen 80 Jahre alten Krimi neu entdecken? In diesem Fall lohnt es sich. Der großartige Atrium Verlag hat den Krimi "Ein einsamer Ort" von Dorothy B. Hughes neu aufgelegt. Obwohl, Krimi - ich würde dieses Buch eher als einen Roman Noir bezeichnen. Der Leser begleitet den Serienkiller Dix Steele durch einige Wochen seines Lebens im Jahr 1949. Der frustrierte ehemalige Jagdflieger trifft in L.A. seinen alten Freund Brub wieder, der ausgerechnet als Ermittler bei der Polizei arbeitet.. Von Anfang an stellt sich nicht die Frage des whodunit. Was den Leser in Atem hält, ist die Beziehung zwischen den beiden Männern, ist das Entdecken der privaten Hölle, die im Kopf von Dix herrscht. Dorothy Hughes wurde für ihre Romane mehrfach ausgezeichnet, dieser hier wurde mit Humphrey Bogart in der Hauptrolle verfilmt. #dorothyhughes #eineinsamerort #atriumverlag #humphreybogart #filmnoir #booknoir #serienkiller #bookstagram #gelesenundfürgutbefunden
Reading outside with Pres while the sweet smells of Ferrara Pan waft through the backyard. #pahifc #presleyhatesbookclub #ourpleasanthomesbookclub #dorothyhughes #bookstagram #ferrarapan
OLÁ, DETETIVE! 🔎 Acabei de receber a quarta leitura do Clube do Crime da @harpercollinsbrasil. “O Cavalo Cor-de-Rosa” de Dorothy Hughes, inédito no Brasil, a história foi originalmente publicada em 1946, nos Estados Unidos, e se tornou uma das mais aclamadas da autora! Também ganhou adaptação para o cinema, com o filme “Do Lobo Brotou Uma Flor” de 1947! ▪️SINOPSE: O CAVALO COR-DE-ROSA - Dorothy Hughes ❝Willis Douglass não é mais senador. Ele deixou Chicago, o seu “secretário” Sailor, e uma acusação de assassinato para trás. Agora, anda pelas ruas ensolaradas de Santa Fé sem saber que está longe de encontrar paz. Atrás dele está Sailor em busca do que é seu: o dinheiro que Sen ofereceu para que matasse sua esposa. Mas ainda há outro homem os perseguindo, um policial atrás da verdade sobre o assassinato da mulher. E em uma cidade com uma multidão descontrolada pronta para celebrar a Fiesta, os três homens se chocam em meio ao caos… Esta nova edição do Clube do Crime apresenta uma das mais reverenciadas obras de Dorothy B. Hughes. Com posfácio de Christiano Aguiar, O Cavalo Cor-de-Rosa é um romance policial noir tecido com genialidade e em ritmo frenético.❞ ❕Gostaram? 🔎
"He’d always had a quickening of the heart when he crossed into Arizona and beheld the cactus country." (~Dorothy B. Hughes) #arizona #arizona🌵 #arizonalife #arizonalove #arizonaart #cactus #cactus🌵 #cacti #cactusofinstagram #cactuslove #beautifulcactus #cactuscountry #dorothybhughes #dorothyhughes
Have you had a chance to read our fiction Book of the Month for July? 📚 First published in 1947 and set in post-war Los Angeles, ‘In A Lonely Place’ is a startling thriller from Dorothy Hughes. The novel follows a veteran air pilot – Dix Steele – as he arrives in Los Angeles looking for a fresh start. Steele strikes up a friendship with a detective and takes an interest in a police investigation of a serial killer terrorising the streets of the city. As the Steele follows the case, a dark and terrible secret emerges. Copies of this new edition of Dorothy Hughes’ classic, published as part of the new Crime and Espionage collection from @penguinclassics, are available in our Piccadilly shop and online at Hatchards.co.uk 📌 #hatchards #hatchardspiccadilly #hatchardsbookshop #bookshop #royalbookshop #bookstagram #book #books #bookrecommendations #bookhookup #booklover #coverlove #igreads #bookobsessed #bookish #noirfiction #inalonelyplace #dorothyhughes #losangeles
We already put out the great new long awaited book on Robert Johnson, Biography of a Phantom, & this biography of #AlbertAyler , Holy Ghost, by Richard Koloda has been flying off the shelves because Baltimore readers know what’s up. Plus To the friend who did not save my life by Guibert on #Semiotext(e) , the treasure trove of poetry by #JackSpicer - My Vocabulary Did This To Me & more #bellhooks Plus we got both #DorothyHughes classics - In a Lonely Place (made into a searing filmic depiction of paranoia(?)(yummy) by Nicholas Ray & The Expendable Man.
The elusive first edition of In a Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes #dorothyhughes #inalonelyplace #bibliophile #firstedition #bookcollector #bookstagram
Aufnahmen vom 12.2-23 1. Tag Keniareise In der Nähe des KICC steht die Holy Family Basilica. Sie ist Sitz des Erzbistum Nairobi. Sie wurde von Dorothy Hughes1960 geplant und bietet Platz für 4000 Besucher. #photoprojekt2_0 #keniareise #kenia #kenya #afrika #kicc #holyfamilybasilica #nairobi #erzbistumnairobi #dorothyhughes #besucher #nikonz6_2 #nikon #nikondach bearbeitet mit #lightroom #growphotography #rawphotography #picofafrica
“Trailblazing Feminist” design done by Olivia! This shoe was inspired by Dorothy Pitman Hughes and Gloria Steinem. Two powerful women in #blackhistory that fought for women’s rights in 🇺🇸 through civil rights, childcare, racial inequality, and business ownership. Very nice work, Olivia! 👏🏾 • • • #blackhistoryalways #wamos #bhm2023 #artonshoes
Reading in L.A. Vol. 3: What happens when I have a great photo in mind but the book doesn’t land? I usually leave them out. The photo on the left was taken a year ago, and I took the one on the right over the weekend. Both books are classics of L.A. noir and look fantastic up against the backdrop of my sister’s dining room window. These novels are clearly wonderful; both dive into the crevices of Los Angeles’ past and expose the dark and terrifying world through the lens of those who chase and commit terrible crimes. Chandler and Hughes are colorful and evocative writers. I stopped to marvel at certain sentences and loved seeing references to places I’ve now seen in person. My problem is there’s an inherent misogyny to this genre — maybe it was the time, maybe the violence any such story will feature — that I can’t get past. So while I’m glad to traveled to Chandler and Hughes’s dark version of L.A., I don’t think I’ll be back anytime soon. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #booksbooksbooks #booksbooksandmorebooks #booksbooksbooks📚 #currentlyreading #reading #bookreview #bookrecommendations #booksrecommendation #books #booklover #booklovers #booksofinstagram #booksofinsta #booksofig #booksta #losangeles #thebigsleep #bigsleep #raymondchandler #dorothyhughes
Ride The Pink Horse, by Dorothy Hughes • Super cool vintage Dell edition with map on back cover and blue end pages • some spine slant and wear but overall good condition • $20 shipped, DM or comment to purchase #dorothyhughes
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In a Lonely Place (1947/2017) 224 pages #Novel by Dorothy B. Hughes Published by @nyrbooks A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time. Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. To his mind nothing has come close to matching “that feeling of power and exhilaration and freedom that came with loneness in the sky.” He prowls the foggy city night—bus stops and stretches of darkened beaches and movie houses just emptying out—seeking solitary young women. His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. Where is the good life he was promised? Why does he always get a raw deal? Then he hooks up with his old Air Corps buddy Brub, now working for the LAPD, who just happens to be on the trail of the strangler who’s been terrorizing the women of the city for months... Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes’s tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart. #nyrb #noir #lapd #classic #book #DorothyHughes #feminist #toxicmasculinity #strangler #bookrecommendations
Dieser Kriminalroman aus der Sicht eines Serienmörders ist tiefgründig und sehr spannend ohne reißerische Morddetails. In den 40er Jahren entstanden wurde er 1950 mit Humphrey Bogart verfilmt. Dorothy Hughes, „Ein einsamer Ort“, Atrium, 22,00 € #buchladenruthmann #buchladen #bodenheim #hechtsheim #mainz #dorothyhughes #eineinsamerort #atriumverlag #losangeles #jagdflieger #40erjahre #humphreybogart #edgarallanpoeaward #bookstagramgermany #instabooks
✨🔥Gloria Steinem🔥✨ Feminist author, activist & icon • • • #feminist #gloriasteinem #gloriasteinemquotes #dorothyhughes #icon #sixties #sixtiesstyle #inspiration #whatawoman #sixtiesfashion #empowerment #fightingthegoodfight #gloriousgloria #dream #dontgiveuponyourdreams
Morning y’all. Love and Fight. 🐺❤️🔥 “This is not the time to feel depressed or defeated. This is not the time to forget about struggling, or to forget about all the sisters and brothers who been railroaded into dungeons. Rather, it is the time to feel outraged, to feel determined, to fight against this government tooth and nail, not for what it is doing to me but for what it is doing to us all. I would like to make this a better world for my daughter and all the children of this world, for all men and women of this world.” ASSATA SHAKUR ✊🏼 #assatashakur #gloriasteinem #michelleobama #mayaangelou #dorothyhughes
Heute ist Dorothy B. Hughes Kriminalroman "Ein einsamer Ort" aus dem @atriumverlag in der Zeit und bei Zeit online zu finden! 🎉 "[...] ein kleiner wohltuender Lichtblick aus einer vergangenen Zeit, in der sonst vor allem Männer ermitteln durften." Wir freuen uns! 🥰 #dorothybhughes #dorothyhughes #eineinsamerort #atriumverlag #kriminalroman #krimiempfehlung #krimi #zeit #buchtipp #buchempfehlung #bookstagram #polityckiundpartner
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Für mich eine der ganz großen Spannungsautorinnen. Acht Jahre vor Patricia Highsmiths Tom Ripley hat Dorothy B. Hughes einen Hochstapler erfunden hat, der sich mühelos in der Welt bewegt. Vor Jim Thompson, Shane Stevens und natürlich vor Thomas Harris hat sie einen Serienkiller-Roman geschrieben hat, der fast alles enthält, was heute von ihm erwartet wird: Einblicke in eine zerstörte Psyche, einen spannenden Showdown – allerdings ohne grausame Zerstücklungssequenzen. Kaum jemand vermag so viel Atmosphäre zu schaffen, aus Alltäglichkeiten spannende Szenen zu entwickeln. Und deshalb rede ich in der neuen Folge mit Thomas Wörtche über Dorothy B. Hughes. #krimi #krimipodcast #hardboiled #noir #dorothybhughes #dorothyhughes #inalonelyplace #eineinsamerort #crimefiction
Morgen erscheint beim @atriumverlag die Neuübersetzung und Wiederentdeckung des Kriminalromans "Ein einsamer Ort" von Dorothy B. Hughes. Seit 1999 ist die deutsche Ausgabe vergriffen - es wurde also höchste Zeit, dass dieser Klassiker des amerikanischen Noir, welcher im Jahr 1950 mit Humphrey Bogart in der Hauptrolle verfilmt wurde, neu übersetzt wieder erscheint. Macht, Männlichkeitsbilder, Einsamkeit und Gewalt: Mit erstaunlicher Zeitlosigkeit und Hellsichtigkeit entblößt Dorothy B. Hughes nicht nur die Psyche eines Serienmörders, sondern auch eine tief verwurzelte Frauenfeindlichkeit in der Gesellschaft. "Ein einsamer Ort" aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Gregor Runge erscheint am 17. August bei Atrium. #dorothybhughes #dorothyhughes #eineinsamerort #alonelyplace #atriumverlag #krimi #krimitipp #kriminalroman #happyreleaseday #bookstagram #buchtipp #buchempfehlung #neuerscheinung #polityckiundpartner
May the rage, sadness and angst that overwhelm many of us today be the fuel needed to turn the tide of hatred and misogyny choking us all. Let's look at the lives and writings of women such as Gloria Steinem for inspiration and motivation. Photo 1 Dorothy Pitman Hughes and Gloria Steinem 1971 Photo: Dan Wynn Photo 2 Gloria Steinem 2021 Ph: Eloy Alonso #gloriasteinem #dorothypitmanhughes #dorothyhughes #dorothypitman #womensrights #reproductiverights #mybodymydecision #humanrights #reproductiverightsforall #womenspower #femenismo #femenism #femenisme #ifitisnotyourbodyitisnotyourdecision #danwynn #esquire #eloyalonso #fightback #fighthate
THE EXPENDABLE MAN by Dorothy B. Hughes WHAT’S IN THE BOX: A very noir thriller set in sweltering 1960s Phoenix. Race, injustice, quickening pulses. WARNING/AVERTISSEMENT: A rich white lawyer comes to the rescue. The worst and most pitiable people are abortionists. ESSENTIAL BIT: “He knew better than to pick up a hitchhiker on the road; he’d known it long before the newspapers and script writers had implanted the danger in the public mind. Most assuredly he would not pick up anyone in this strange, deserted land. But he reduced speed when he approached the shadow, the automatic anxiety reaction that a person might step in front of the oncoming car. He passed the hitchhiker before he was actually aware of the shape and form; only after he had passed did he realize that this was a young girl. From the glimpse, a teen-age girl.” PEOPLE WHO BUY THIS ALSO LIKED: James Cain, hamburger stands, pools of light from sodium lamps, escalating tension, motel room deadbolts, pay phones, swimming pools, cacti EXPANSION PACK: The handsome new Scottsdale police headquarters
Completely underrated masterpiece! #dorothyhughes #inalonleyplace #bookclub #crimefiction
Gorgeous palette 🎨of @jenniferpresant as she prepares for a special painting debuting at @alma_art_interiors. Started out the morning with @sarah.kaiser919 and @pinararalstudio and then saw some stunning in process pieces by @kateberrybrownart and then assisted on install with @lynnmanilow_artconsulting on some #dorothyhughes and @leonard.kostum artwork. Check it out at Alma “Third Friday’s in Bridgeport” in the historic Bridgeport Arts Corridor ~ Details in stories~
Spending a lovely afternoon with this @12gmsc recommendation. #dorothyhughes #ridethepinkhorse #book #fiction #reading
📚 Book haul from this weekend. Some pretty cool stuff: 📕The Fallen Sparrow and Ride the Pink Horse, Dorothy B. Hughes - a couple nice editions of novels by a noir master (In a Lonely Place) 📕 The Exhibitionist, Henry Sutton - I don’t know anything about this except I remember someone here (who?) posting it and the cover is cool. 📕 White Bicycles: Making Music in the 60s, Joe Boyd - Boyd was there for a lot of great moments in musical history, including producing albums by Nick Drake and Incredible String Band. 📕 Country, Nick Tosches - I’ve heard he’s a great music writer and this book looks like it covers a lot of ground. 📚📚📚 #bookhaul #bookstack #bookspines #usedbooks #noir #crimefiction #crimefictionaddict #dorothybhughes #dorothyhughes #jimmystewart #henrysutton #theexhibitionist #literature #pulp #massmarketpaperback #bookcovers #joeboyd #brianeno #nickdrake #musicwriting #musicbooks #country #countrymusic #nicktosches #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookpost #readersofinstagram #reader #readers
An @nyrbooks cover art appreciation post, part 2 ❤️
“There was a savage delight in being a lone wolf. It wasn't happiness. It was the reverse of the coin, as hate was the reverse of love. Only a thin press of metal between the sides of a coin. He was a lone wolf; he didn't have to account to anyone nor did he intend to.” - Dorothy B. Hughes, In A Lonely Place ======================================== . . . . . @facultybrewing London Fog Ale in a lonely bar, for all the visible condensation between every word. . . . . . Noir to the core. That post WW2 interval where men could or couldn’t handle the return to a bleak normality of society, finding ungodly alternatives. Fortunately, the powerful women in Hughes’s story had other plans. . . . . . . #dorothybhughes #inalonelyplace #fiction #nyrb #drinkstagram #prettybooks #craftbeer #prettybookplaces #drinklocal #bibliophile #nyrbooks #classicliterature #crimenoir #railwaystageandbeercafe #londonfog #vancouver #bookaholic #britishcolumbia #bookreviews #bookaddict #booklover #paperback #booksofinstagram #dorothyhughes #booksandbooze #booksandbeer #lanoir #booksandbars #readersofinstagram
RIDE THE PINK HORSE (1947), with Robert Montgomery. Cinematography by Russell Metty. #RidethePinkHorse #RobertMontgomery #cinematography #RussellMetty #DorothyHughes #BenHecht #CharlesLederer #JoanHarrison #bookstofilm #adaptation #filmnoir #oldhollywood #classicfilm #blackandwhitephotography #1940s
Not a bad haul.
#nowreading: Always dug Nicholas Ray’s film version with Bogart playing against type. But digging this even more. Fantastic noir from the ‘40s set in LA. Hughes was way ahead of her time in dissecting toxic masculinity. #dorothyhughes #inalonelyplace #serialkiller #crimenovel
Arrived: my haul from the @nyrbooks classics sale! #dorothyhughes #jeanpatrickmanchette #jeanpaulclébert #johnglassco #meganabbott #lucysante @melizaabbott @luxante
2021 Favourite Author: Dorothy Hughes Standout Book: Ride the Pink Horse (Crime Noir) Once upon a time, when two of my favourite haunts were the local library and the used books market, I came upon a dusty, partly torn copy of Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy Hughes. I was hooked by the deeply disquieting prose but could not find any of her other books. Years went by, and I forgot the author's name. It wasn't until earlier this year when I came across an article on the author that reminded me of that long-lost book. I finally read all of her fictional works this year, and what a ride it has been! Sailor, a hard-boiled hoodlum, is a flawed hero trying to get his money from a corrupt backstabbing boss, the Sen, aka the Senator from Chicago. The book is set on the backdrop of the colourful fiesta in the arid and gloomy New Mexico that seems strange to the city born and bred Sailor. Above the fiesta's colourful merry-go-round hangs the palpable sense of dread and inevitable tragedy. The final frantic denouement where the unsettling feeling that has been growing through the book reaches crescendo is evocatively depicted in the wild dance symbolizing the end of the fiesta. This is a tautly paced crime noir that is equal parts a gripping psychological thriller and hypnotic inner monologue of Sailor. This is one of her exquisite masterpieces. I am besotted with her style and talent of a highly underappreciated author who needs to be read more. #womenwriters #crimenoir #crimewriter #psycholigicalthriller #writersaboutwriters #dorothyhughes #goldenageofcrimefiction #ridethepinkhorse #vinayabhagat
So I just read In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes. Dix Steele is out of the army. He's hit L.A. trying to write a crime novel. He reaccquaints himself with an old army buddy, who after the war turned police detective. Meanwhile, there is a serial killer on the loose in the city. It was a novel of many stops and starts for me. Despite its short length. I found it hard to get into. I wonder how much of that was down to the prose, that is unfussy, if not verging on terse. I got invested for a while but then found it hard to focus. It ebbed and flowed with my attention to it, and I'm not sure if the issue was the style of writing or my attention, but in the end it amounted to the same in way of reading experience. With that said, when I was into it, there was quite mood to the novel. That certain post-WW2, hard-up mood. The kind that feels like Bogart in a battered fedora, looks like a sultry dame in a cocktail dress, sounds like a sole muted trumpet, and smells like cheap whiskey and unfiltered cigarettes. It's a very cold novel. Noir isn't exactly known for its cosiness, and this is icy and rather cynical. And I'm not sure whether or not that is a point of criticism. It is what it is. And if one is up for some noir, this is nice place, albeit a lonely one, to start. ❤❤❤🖤🖤
An excellent year.
Currently watching RIDE THE PINK HORSE (1947). #RideThePinkHorse #RobertMontgomery #DorothyHughes #Noirvember #Noir #FilmNoir #NoirMovie #NoirMovies #NoirThriller #ClassicNoir #VintageNoir #BorderNoir #40sNoir #NoirArt #ArtNoir #NoirPoster #NoirPosters #InstaNoir #Noirgram #NowWatching #CurrentlyWatching
Hooked.
@bookversusmovie In a Lonely Place 1950 film with #humphreybogart #gloriagrahame #filmnoir #classicfilms #bookvsmovie #dorothyhughes
This made me laugh, some things never change - like #parking in #SantaMonica #DorothyHughes #InALonelyPlace '47 superb 🇺🇸 #noir #crimefiction
Today’s purchases from @chevaliersbooks : People Who Eat Darkness and In a Lonely Place. Thanks for the middle reader’s book club! . . . . . #inalonelyplace #peoplewhoeatdarkness #chevalierbooks #sarahlangan #goodneighbors #someoneteachmehowtotakeaphoto #noir #murdermystery #localbookstore #dorothyhughes #richardlloydparry #meganabbott #fifteenhashtagssistoomanyhasgtages #imsuspiciousofthisalgorithm #larchmontvillage #losangeles
MUNTA EL CAVALL ROSA (Dorothy B. Hughes) 🎶: "Far from Any Road" de The Handsome Family Un home, de sobrenom Sailor, arriba a una ciutat polsegosa del Sud dels Estats Units, en plena festa local. Cerca el seu antic cap, un senador mafiós i corrupte. L'objectiu: vendre el seu silenci sobre els draps bruts del senador a canvi de diners, fugir a Mèxic i deixar la seva vida de pinxo a sou. Al llarg de tres dies seguirem els intents de Sailor de fer xantatge al senador i fugir de la policia que l'encalça pel seus actes passats, mentre es debat sobre la bondat de les seves accions i el pes de les seves decisions passades. Ja he llegit uns quants Cua de Palla i aquesta m'ha semblat, sense por d'exagerar, una de les millors entrades de la col·lecció. Un hardboiled cru i eixut, amb poca acció però on Hughes aconsegueix mantenir la tensió fins al final. Però a més, té dos elements molt especials que el fan destacar per sobre de la novel·la negra mitjana: el conflicte intern de Sailor per abandonar el món corrupte on s'ha criat i l'ambientació molt ben aconseguida dels Estats Units de cultura chicana (amb interessants comentaris de les relacions entre els blancs, hispans i indis d'aquest territori). "Munta el Cavall Rosa" ha estat una molt grata sorpresa i m'ha deixat moltes ganes de llegir l'altra gran obra de Hughes, "En un Lloc Solitari". #elreductecatalà #bookstagramcatalunya #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #dorothyhughes #desert #cuadepalla #lacuadepalla #hardboiled #novelanegra #newmexico #santafe #zozobra #llegeixoicomparteixo #lecturescompartides #llegirmagrada #llibres #literatura #llegeixoicomparteixo
"I was just drawn to art; it wasn't an intellectual thing. Smelling the paint and getting goosebumps, it had a hold of me" Dorothy Hughes⠀ dorothyhughes.com
Dorothy Hughes at the Chicago Cultural Center, June 2016. #takemebacktuesday #otherartistsart #dorothyhughes @chicagoculturalcenter #supportart #chicagoart #ceramicart
Πάντα είναι ώρα για ένα καλό αμερικάνικο noir που να διαδραματίζεται στο Λος Άντζελες μετά τον πόλεμο! #bookstagram #books #βιβλίο #dorothyhughes #inalonelyplace #reading
“Villains? Depends on Who You Ask”, 2021 , screen printing Strong women with independent ideologies are often seen as the villains in society. These women make history and these women change the future for the better. Feminism isn’t about man hating, it’s about choice. True Feminism allows a woman to be whomever she wants. She is free to make the choice to be anything; mother, activist, career, house wife, motherhood, no kids, artist, vote, own land, entrepreneur, college graduate etc All or some is her freedom of choice. Why is feminism the villain? #screenprinters #andywarhol #printmakingstudent #artstudent #feminism #villiansorheroes #villians #heroines #ladygodiva #handmaidstale #lilith #witchesofinstagram #witches #gloriasteinem #dorothypitmanhughes #dorothyhughes #thescarletletter #muslimwomen
RIDE THE PINK HORSE (1947). Robert Montgomery in silhouette. Cinematography by Russell Metty. #RidethePinkHorse #RobertMontgomery #cinematography #RussellMetty #DorothyHughes #BenHecht #CharlesLederer #JoanHarrison #bookstofilm #adaptation #filmnoir #noiralley #tcm #turnerclassicmovies #tcmparty #oldhollywood #classicfilm #blackandwhitephotography #1940s
Vraiment bon, avec une sensibilité à l'histoire tragique des Amérindiens, aux méfaits de la domination yankee et espagnole (l'histoire se déroule au Nouveau-Mexique). Que de finesse et d'intelligence, avec une dose d'humour noir, chez Dorothy B. Hughes, née en 1904 à Kansas City, établie avec sa famille à Santa Fe, décédée à Ashland, Oregon, en 1993. #rompol #romannoir #dorothybhughes #dorothyhughes #thriller #bookstagrammer #bookcoverdesign #michelandi #jailu #etournentleschevauxdebois #ridethepinkhorse #claudegilbert
Ok, it isn't pens or inks, but I have to pause our regular programming to recognize my local librarians: Shout out to the Beacon Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library for this awesome lineup. The library isn't open for browsing, but you can get a surprise 'grab bag' of books selected by the librarians. Here's what I got today: Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel about companiom androids, historical fiction about the Dominican Republic in the 1960s, classic woman-authored noir, and Master & Margarita in a new translation - absolutely one of my favorite books EVER. (So far.) What a great haul! THANKS, LIBRARIANS! Public Service Announcement: If you haven't read Master & Margarita, PLEASE do so as soon as practicable. Seriously though. @seattlepubliclibrary #lovemylibrarians #librarylove #booklove #literature #firstlove #readmore #masterandmargarita #bulgakov #kazuoishiguro #klaraandthesun #dorothyhughes #inalonelyplace #angiecruz #dominicana #backtoourregularprogramming
i read this book for my film noir class a few weeks back and my review is that the writing is overall meh, but the subversion of a lot of stereotypes of femme fatales, “the good girl” figure and toxic masculinity is incredible. dorothy hughes looked at all the tropes in film noir and then subverted so many of them (and the film version is totally different, which is really interesting as well). - - - - - #filmnoir #noirfiction #dorothyhughes #inalonelyplace #romannoir #bookstagram #book #booklover #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #bookblogger #bookblog
The Fallen Sparrow / 1942 / Source of the 1943 film starring John Garfield, the novel by Dorothy Hughes features nazi spies, golden goblets, a sinister limping villain, a deadly fall from a window, and a mysterious French aristocrat who works in a hat shop.
Morning- happy Sunday! 💚 I haven’t got round to taking my Jan wrap up yet, but I have this lovely white stack instead. Isn’t there something so gorgeous about a crisp white spine?! 😍😍 We’ve finally caved and decided to sort the bookshelf out properly in the bedroom. Ben made a start on moving some of them around yesterday, so now it’s half done I’ll absolutely have to get it finished 😬😬 Can’t wait until we have a place of our own and can build proper shelves in 📚 Has anyone been up to anything nice this weekend? The weather has been pretty miserable in the U.K.! #bookstagram #bookstack #bookpile #whitebooks #whitebookstack #bookphotography #bookworm #cityofgirls #ahalfbakedidea #thelastchildrenoftokyo #milankundera #dorothyhughes #trumancapote #breakfastattiffanys
New additions to our newest section - “New & Recommended” - fresh from the Pony Express!! The Expendable Man by author #DorothyHughes , who also wrote the hardboiled classic In A Lonely Place, wrote this essential read in 1963 & unfortunately it still feels contemporary today. Published by the brilliant New York Review of Books. Also perhaps #JorgeBorges finest collection, Labyrinths. “The truth, briefly stated, is that Borges is arguably the great bridge between modernism & post-modernism in world literature. David Foster Footnote King Wallace. Also very nice trade Mulholland Press reprints of the divine mad dog of hardboiled lit, #JimThompson . Allow me, gentle reader, a(nother) petty moment. 1 of the more ludicrous critical assaults ive read by local critic against artist was Stephen Hunter ridiculing the writing of Thompson. Thompson wrote for his life & often locked himself in a hotel room with a jug of moonshine to write a novel & keep his family from eviction & starvation. He was involved with the American communist party when many workers & intellectuals were investigating alternatives from the Great Depression & union workers being murdered by bosses & their police force. His 1st novel, which was a proletarian realist work in the vein of Steinbeck, was published partially due to his friend Woody Guthrie talking to the publisher. Yes, there are some clunkers in his massive output (the ironically corny & goofy The Alcoholics for 1), but when Thompson hits he hits like an injected drug & puts you right inside the story. I myself experienced a panic attack finishing The Killer Inside Me - while reading in bed in the morning!! His works continue to be passed from friend to friend while I can’t think of the last time anyone spoke of, let alone bought, 1 of Stephen Hunter’s more tightly edited snoozy mainstream novels like Dirty White Boys. I will now crawl off my soapbox.
Kiss for a Killer / 1946 / Originally titled The Scarlet Imperial, this came out a year before her classic In a Lonely Place.
Another Dell Mapback by Dorothy Hughes, whose name and authorship is for some strange reason omitted from the front cover. Her name is extremely small on the spine only. Very odd! The cover art is by George A Frederiksen. The book is dedicated to Eric Ambler. #vintagepaperbacks #thunderballbooks #dellmapback #dorothyhughes
One of my favourite Noirs. Humphrey Bogart excellent as imbalanced screenwriter Dixon Steele but Gloria Grahame sizzles and holds her own beside the legend. 🌹 #inalonelyplace #humphreybogart #gloriagrahame #nicholasray #dorothyhughes #filmnoir #classichollywood #vintagehollywood #blackandwhitemovies #familymovienight #1950s
RIDE THE PINK HORSE is today's #Noirvember film. Wanda Hendrix, at 19 yrs old, turned in a striking performance opposite Robert Montgomery in this crime drama #filmnoir set in a New Mexico town. Montgomery also directed this film, based on the #DorothyHughes novel. The lively, fast-paced script was penned by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer, with robust oversight by Joan Harrison who viewed the Hughes novel as a personal project. The cinematographer Russell Metty, known for collaborations with John Huston, Douglas Sirk, and Stanley Kubrick, was at the top of his game. RIDE THE PINK HORSE's superb cast included Fred Clark, Andrea King, Art Smith, and Thomas Gomez who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Pancho, the carousel owner. #RidethePinkHorse #filmnoir #noiralley #TCM #classicfilm #OldHollywood #bookstofilm
#Repost @cool50s (@get_repost) ・・・ “Nós somos todos da mesma raça: a raça humana”- Margareth Atwood @therealmargaretatwood. . Essa foto lendária de dois ícones de movimentos poderosos- Gloria Steinem e Dorothy Pitman Hughes, ativistas e fundadoras da Ms Magazine em 1971, nunca foram tão atuais. . A luta dessas mulheres maravilhosas sempre foi pela liberdade. . De gêneros, de política, de raças. . Em uma seminário sobre racismo, Gloria Steinem teve a oportunidade de entrevistar Angela Davis, ícone do movimento pelos Direitos Civis e uma das líderes do Back Panthers no final dos anos 60. . “O que ajudou você a sobreviver?”, Gloria Steinem questiona Angela. . “O que me fez levantar da cama todos esses anos e ir adiante foi saber que não estou sozinha nessa luta. Existem milhares e milhares de pessoas envolvidas nesse movimento” . E Angela lança seu manifesto: . “Nós somos mais do que simples indivíduos. Nós estamos conectados com pessoas por todo mundo que vive os mesmos traumas. Se nós sentirmos a força e a coragem de pertencer a uma comunidade gigante, nós podemos atingir qualquer objetivo” . . Minha homenagem hoje à todas as Angelas Davis e Djamilas Ribeiro @djamilaribeiro1 que nos trazem a consciência de que MUITO ainda precisa ser feito. #diadaconsciencianegra #angeladavis #djamilaribeiro #dorothyhughes #gloriasteinem #RedeSororidadeBrasil #sororitybr #Sororidadenetbr
・・・ Repostando quem sabe e sempre tem algo a acrescentar. Beijo Beijo! 💋💋 . #repost @cool50s “Nós somos todos da mesma raça: a raça humana”- Margareth Atwood @therealmargaretatwood. . Essa foto lendária de dois ícones de movimentos poderosos- Gloria Steinem e Dorothy Pitman Hughes, ativistas e fundadoras da Ms Magazine em 1971, nunca foram tão atuais. . A luta dessas mulheres maravilhosas sempre foi pela liberdade. . De gêneros, de política, de raças. . Em um seminário sobre racismo, Gloria Steinem teve a oportunidade de entrevistar Angela Davis, ícone do movimento pelos Direitos Civis e uma das líderes do Back Panthers no final dos anos 60. . “O que ajudou você a sobreviver?”, Gloria Steinem questiona Angela. . “O que me fez levantar da cama todos esses anos e ir adiante foi saber que não estou sozinha nessa luta. Existem milhares e milhares de pessoas envolvidas nesse movimento” . E Angela lança seu manifesto: . “Nós somos mais do que simples indivíduos. Nós estamos conectados com pessoas por todo mundo que vive os mesmos traumas. Se nós sentirmos a força e a coragem de pertencer a uma comunidade gigante, nós podemos atingir qualquer objetivo” . Minha homenagem hoje à todas as Angelas Davis e Djamilas Ribeiro @djamilaribeiro1 que nos trazem a consciência de que MUITO ainda precisa ser feito. #diadaconsciencianegra #angeladavis #djamilaribeiro #dorothyhughes #gloriasteinem . @romamillen1 #loveandpeace #liveandlovefashion #styleiseverything #stayhomeshoponline🛍️ #usemask #staysafeeveryone🙏🏻
#Repost @cool50s ・・・ “Nós somos todos da mesma raça: a raça humana”- Margareth Atwood @therealmargaretatwood. . Essa foto lendária de dois ícones de movimentos poderosos- Gloria Steinem e Dorothy Pitman Hughes, ativistas e fundadoras da Ms Magazine em 1971, nunca foram tão atuais. . A luta dessas mulheres maravilhosas sempre foi pela liberdade. . De gêneros, de política, de raças. . Em uma seminário sobre racismo, Gloria Steinem teve a oportunidade de entrevistar Angela Davis, ícone do movimento pelos Direitos Civis e uma das líderes do Back Panthers no final dos anos 60. . “O que ajudou você a sobreviver?”, Gloria Steinem questiona Angela. . “O que me fez levantar da cama todos esses anos e ir adiante foi saber que não estou sozinha nessa luta. Existem milhares e milhares de pessoas envolvidas nesse movimento” . E Angela lança seu manifesto: . “Nós somos mais do que simples indivíduos. Nós estamos conectados com pessoas por todo mundo que vive os mesmos traumas. Se nós sentirmos a força e a coragem de pertencer a uma comunidade gigante, nós podemos atingir qualquer objetivo” . . Minha homenagem hoje à todas as Angelas Davis e Djamilas Ribeiro @djamilaribeiro1 que nos trazem a consciência de que MUITO ainda precisa ser feito. #salaohidratus #salvador #bahia #nossavibe #diadaconsciencianegra #angeladavis #djamilaribeiro #dorothyhughes #gloriasteinem
“Nós somos todos da mesma raça: a raça humana”- Margareth Atwood @therealmargaretatwood. . Essa foto lendária de dois ícones de movimentos poderosos- Gloria Steinem e Dorothy Pitman Hughes, ativistas e fundadoras da Ms Magazine em 1971, nunca foram tão atuais. . A luta dessas mulheres maravilhosas sempre foi pela liberdade. . De gêneros, de política, de raças. . Em uma seminário sobre racismo, Gloria Steinem teve a oportunidade de entrevistar Angela Davis, ícone do movimento pelos Direitos Civis e uma das líderes do Back Panthers no final dos anos 60. . “O que ajudou você a sobreviver?”, Gloria Steinem questiona Angela. . “O que me fez levantar da cama todos esses anos e ir adiante foi saber que não estou sozinha nessa luta. Existem milhares e milhares de pessoas envolvidas nesse movimento” . E Angela lança seu manifesto: . “Nós somos mais do que simples indivíduos. Nós estamos conectados com pessoas por todo mundo que vive os mesmos traumas. Se nós sentirmos a força e a coragem de pertencer a uma comunidade gigante, nós podemos atingir qualquer objetivo” . . Minha homenagem hoje à todas as Angelas Davis e Djamilas Ribeiro @djamilaribeiro1 que nos trazem a consciência de que MUITO ainda precisa ser feito. #diadaconsciencianegra #angeladavis #djamilaribeiro #dorothyhughes #gloriasteinem
Book nerd problems - what next? #evelynwaugh #grahamgreene #nancymitford #johncheever #halldorlaxness #dorothyhughes
Ambientada en Los Angeles, una vez finalizada la II GM, con un ex aviador y un comisario que fué su compañero en la guerra como protagonistas junto a la mujer de este último. Novela negra con mucho suspense psicológico, con una ambientación maravillosa, un poco costumbrista y con una perspectiva muy interesante. Fué llevada al cine y por lo visto con gran éxito, yo no la he visto, ni sabía de su existencia. Esta película fué protagonizada por Bogart, sumándole a ello lo entretenida y envolvente que ha sido la novela, ya estoy frita por verla. #enunlugarsolitario #dorothyhughes #lecturasoctubre #nadandoentrelibros #librohobbie #eag
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes Sold . . . #dorothyhughes #lanoir #noir #nyrbclassics #mysterybooks