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The Dying Clue

by NOBEL CHAN This column investigates detective fiction across mediums, digging into one of the world’s most popular genres with a feminist and anti-racist magnifying glass in hand. Detectives, suspects, and murderers all tell us something about the world we live in—if we can just piece the clues together. I. The…Continue reading “The Dying Clue”

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