Sunday, July 26, 2026

Down for a New Cornell Woolrich Biography? One's Coming (by Me)

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I finally decided to commit to doing a Cornell Woolrich biography and have a publisher.  Just a small one so I don't know how much publi...
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Saturday, July 25, 2026

The Black Quintet: My Favorites of Cornell Woolrich's Crime and Weird Novels--What are Yours?

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In the two decades between 1940 and 1960 Cornell Woolrich published 16 crime or weird novels, with the quality great tapering off, by commo...
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Monday, July 20, 2026

"Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay!": A Look at Cornell Woolrich's Mexican Connection

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" Ay, ay, ay, ay Canto y no llore s (Sing and don't cry)" --" Cielito Lindo ," Mexican folksong Cornell George Hople...
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Saturday, July 18, 2026

Cosmopolitan Recluse: Cornel's Woolrich's Globe Spanning Ancestry Part One: Oh, Canada!

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For someone who spent over thirty-five years living in New York apartment hotels and increasingly not getting out much (in his last years he...
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Monday, July 13, 2026

Some Cornell Woolrich Book News (Silent as the Grave is out) and Some Thoughts on a Few Woolrich Stories

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Silent as the Grave , publisher Centipede's latest edition of Cornell Woolrich short fiction, is available now.  I wrote a substantial ...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

What Do You Do with a Phantom Sailor Suit? A New Note with Some "New" Old Evidence on Cornell Woolrich, the Blackton Sisters and the Infamous Story of the Sex Diary

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What Will We Do with a Drunken Sailor What Will We Do with a Drunken Sailor What Will We Do with a Drunken Sailor Early in the Morning Shave...