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Pulp Nation

How crime fiction shaped the way we see the world

During the genre's heyday, in the '20s and '30s, pulps sold up to a million copies per issue, and there were dozens of magazines on the racks. During the genre's heyday, in the '20s and '30s, pulps sold up to a million copies per issue, and there were dozens of magazines on the racks.
By Steve Almond
December 9, 2007

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Pulp fiction - the racy tales of crime that captivated Americans between the World Wars - re-entered the cultural lexicon more than a decade ago as the title of a 1994 film by Quentin Tarantino. The film was a celebration of wisecracking killers, casual violence, nostalgic rock music, and, above all, hip irony; now, thanks to Tarantino, the term has ... (Full article: 1444 words)

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