New Jersey Noir

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Authors: Joyce Carol Oates

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N
EW
J
ERSEY
N
OIR

This collection is comprised of works of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the authors’ imaginations. Any resemblance to real events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Published by Akashic Books
©2011 The Ontario Review Inc.

Series concept by Tim McLoughlin and Johnny Temple
New Jersey map by Aaron Petrovich
All photographs inside the book by Gerald Slota

Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-034-2
eISBN-13: 978-1-61775-081-6
Hardcover Library of Congress Control Number: 2011902727

Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-026-7
Paperback Library of Congress Control Number: 2011922958

All rights reserved
First printing

Akashic Books
PO Box 1456
New York, NY 10009
[email protected]
www.­akashicbooks.­com

A
LSO
IN THE
A
KASHIC
N
OIR
S
ERIES
:

Baltimore Noir
, edited by Laura Lippman

Barcelona Noir
(Spain), edited by Adriana V. López & Carmen Ospina

Boston Noir
, edited by Dennis Lehane

Bronx Noir
, edited by S.J. Rozan

Brooklyn Noir
, edited by Tim McLoughlin

Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics
, edited by Tim McLoughlin

Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing but the Truth
edited by Tim McLoughlin & Thomas Adcock

Cape Cod Noir
, edited by David L. Ulin

Chicago Noir
, edited by Neal Pollack

Copenhagen Noir
(Denmark), edited by Bo Tao Michaëlis

D.C. Noir
, edited by George Pelecanos

D.C. Noir 2: The Classics
, edited by George Pelecanos

Delhi Noir
(India), edited by Hirsh Sawhney

Detroit Noir
, edited by E.J. Olsen & John C. Hocking

Dublin Noir
(Ireland), edited by Ken Bruen

Haiti Noir
, edited by Edwidge Danticat

Havana Noir
(Cuba), edited by Achy Obejas

Indian Country Noir
, edited by Sarah Cortez & Liz Martínez

Istanbul Noir
(Turkey), edited by Mustafa Ziyalan & Amy Spangler

Las Vegas Noir
, edited by Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce

London Noir
(England), edited by Cathi Unsworth

Lone Star Noir
, edited by Bobby Byrd & Johnny Byrd

Los Angeles Noir
, edited by Denise Hamilton

Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics
, edited by Denise Hamilton

Manhattan Noir
, edited by Lawrence Block

Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics
, edited by Lawrence Block

Mexico City Noir
(Mexico), edited by Paco I. Taibo II

Miami Noir
, edited by Les Standiford

Moscow Noir
(Russia), edited by Natalia Smirnova & Julia Goumen

New Orleans Noir
, edited by Julie Smith

Orange County Noir
, edited by Gary Phillips

Paris Noir
(France), edited by Aurélien Masson

Philadelphia Noir
, edited by Carlin Romano

Phoenix Noir
, edited by Patrick Millikin

Pittsburgh Noir
, edited by Kathleen George

Portland Noir
, edited by Kevin Sampsell

Queens Noir
, edited by Robert Knightly

Richmond Noir,
edited by Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry & Tom De Haven

Rome Noir
(Italy), edited by Chiara Stangalino & Maxim Jakubowski

San Diego Noir
, edited by Maryelizabeth Hart

San Francisco Noir
, edited by Peter Maravelis

San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics
, edited by Peter Maravelis

Seattle Noir
, edited by Curt Colbert

Toronto Noir
(Canada), edited by Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore

Trinidad Noir
, edited by Lisa Allen-Agostini & Jeanne Mason

Twin Cities Noir
, edited by Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz

Wall Street Noir
, edited by Peter Spiegelman

F
ORTHCOMING
:

Bogotá Noir
(Colombia), edited by Andrea Montejo

Jerusalem Noir
, edited by Sayed Kashua

Kansas City Noir
, edited by Steve Paul

Lagos Noir
(Nigeria), edited by Chris Abani

Long Island Noir
, edited by Kaylie Jones

Mumbai Noir
(India), edited by Altaf Tyrewala

St. Petersburg Noir
(Russia), edited by Natalia Smirnova & Julia Goumen

Seoul Noir
(Korea), edited by BS Publishing Co.

Staten Island Noir
, edited by Patricia Smith

Venice Noir
(Italy), edited by Maxim Jakubowski

T
ABLE
OF
C
ONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction
 
 
 
 
 
PART I: INNER-CITY NEW JERSEY
 
 
 
S.A. S
OLOMON
 
University Heights (Newark)
Live for Today
 
 
 
 
 
L
OU
M
ANFREDO
 
Whitman Park (Camden)
Soul Anatomy
 
 
 
 
 
S.J. R
OZAN
 
Central Ward (Newark)
New Day Newark
 
 
 
 
 
C.K. W
ILLIAMS
 
Vailsburg (Newark)
Newark Black: 1940–1954
 
 
 
 
 
PART II: ROMANCE & NOSTALGIA
 
 
 
J
ONATHAN
S
ANTLOFER
 
Hoboken
Lola
 
 
 
 
 
B
RADFORD
M
ORROW
 
Grover’­s Mill
The Enigma of Grover’s Mill
 
 
 
 
 
G
ERALD
S
TERN
 
Mickle Street (Camden)
Broken Glass
 
 
 
 
 
S
HEILA
K
OHLER
 
Montclair
Wunderlich
 
 
 
 
 
R
ICHARD
B
URGIN
 
Atlantic City
Atlantis
 
 
 
 
 
A
LICIA
O
STRIKER
 
Jersey Shore
August: Feeding Frenzy
 
 
 
 
 
PART III: COMERCE & RETRIBUTION
 
 
 
H
IRSH
S
AWHNEY
 
Jersey City
A Bag for Nicholas
 
 
 
 
 
J
EFFREY
F
ORD
 
Dividing Creek
Glass Eels
 
 
 
 
 
B
ARRY
N. M
ALZBERG
& B
ILL
P
RONZINI
 
Rutherford
Meadowlands Spike
 
 
 
 
 
R
OBERT
A
RELLANO
 
Cherry Hill
Kettle Run
 
 
 
 
 
P
AUL
M
ULDOON
 
Paramus
Noir, NJ
 
 
 
 
 
PART IV: GARDEN STATE UNDERGROUND
 
 
 
J
ONATHAN
S
AFRAN
F
OER
 
Princeton
Too Near Real
 
 
 
 
 
E
DMUND
W
HITE
& M
ICHAEL
C
ARROLL
 
Asbury Park
Excavation
 
 
 
 
 
R
OBERT
P
INSKY
 
Long Branch
Long Branch Underground
 
 
 
 
 
J
OYCE
C
AROL
O
ATES
 
Kittatinny Mountains
Run Kiss Daddy
 
 
 
 
 
About the Contributors
 
 

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