CRITICISM

Curwen, Thomas, “Red Sunlight through Ragged Palms.” Los Angeles Times (7 July 2002): E1.

Curwen praises Mosley for his imaginative vigor and unflinching honesty in Bad Boy Brawly Brown.

Dillon, Nikki. “Live from Dystopia.” New York Times Book Review (25 November 2001): section 7, p. 18.

Dillon lauds Mosley's inventive short stories in Futureland, commenting that the collection effectively taps into “post-September 11” fears to create a “startlingly inventive dystopia.”

Lindsay, Tony. Review of Futureland: Nine Stories of an Imminent Future, by Walter Mosley. Black Issues Book Review 3, no. 6 (November-December 2001): 57.

Lindsay applauds Mosley's portrait of a bleak future in Futureland, noting that the stories will fill readers with “wonder and provoking thought.”

Mosley, Walter, and Lynell George. “Transcending the Genre.” Los Angeles Times (24 November 1999): E1.

Mosley discusses the African American male protagonists in his short stories and novels.

Salij, Marta. “Everyday Evil: Walter Mosley's Young Hero Fights His Demons.” Detroit Free Press (25 January 2004): 4E.

Salij praises The Man in My Basement for its insightful examination of “the banality of evil.”

Villinger, Binti L. Review of Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories, by Walter Mosley. Black Issues Book Review 5, no. 1 (January-February 2003): 31.

Villinger examines how the stories in Six Easy Pieces enrich the recurring subplot of Mouse's disappearance in the Easy Rawlins series.

Young, Mary. “Walter Mosley, Detective Fiction and Black Culture.” Journal of Popular Culture 32, no. 1 (summer 1998): 141-50.

Young observes that Mosley's fiction, while following the traditions of the hard-boiled detective genre, includes narrative elements drawn from African American folklore, the oral tradition, and the slave narrative.

Additional coverage of Mosley's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Writers Supplement, Vol. 13; Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 17; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 2; Black Literature Criticism Supplement; Black Writers, Ed. 2; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 142; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 57, 92; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 97; Contemporary Popular Writers; DISCovering Authors Modules: Multicultural, Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Ed. 2; Mystery and Suspense Writers; and St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers, Vol. 4.