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ellen_datlow ([personal profile] ellen_datlow) wrote2008-09-19 06:25 pm
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James Crumley RIP

One of my favorite crime authors has died. If you haven't read The Last Good Kiss, run out and do so.
Washington Post obituary of James Crumley
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[identity profile] alexotica.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh crap. I was just getting into his work.

[identity profile] tamiam.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
That was one of the first crime books I ever read. After Agatha I guess. I really liked the poem that title came from too...so long Mr. Crumley.

James Crumley RIP

(Anonymous) 2008-09-20 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I was really sorry to hear this, though I'd known he was ill for some time. He was one of the major reasons I got into the creative writing program at Colorado State back in '74. Unfortunately I never got to study with him--after he accepted me into the fiction program he left the university, but we did run into each other a few times over the years.

-- Steve Tem
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