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...
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...