social justice
Ausma Zehanat Khan on Oppression, Rage, and Crafting a Palestinian Detective
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Ausma Zehanat KhanAt its heart, Blood Betrayal is a novel about fathers and how they shape our sense of belonging. Two separate police shootings take place in the novel: that of Duante Young, a Black graffiti artist, and the killing of Mateo Ruiz, a gifted Latino musician who is shot during a drug raid. As my detectives,…
How to Incorporate Social Justice into Your Cozy Fiction
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Danielle ArceneauxI’ve thought a lot about why my mystery sensibilities veer slightly more cozy than hard-boiled. Tayari Jones, author of the superb novels An American Marriage and Silver Sparrow, said it best in an interview with the New York Times: “I like my dead body in Chapter 1, and then spending the rest of the novel…