William Boyle
@wmboyle4.bsky.social
Writer. New novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, out now from Soho Crime. https://linktr.ee/wmboyle4
I talked to Larry Morrisey on the Mississippi Arts Hour about Larry Brown’s influence on my life & work, music in SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, writing about southern Brooklyn from northern MS, & more. Tune in Sunday, 11/16 at 5:00 PM CST on MPB Radio or listen via the Mississippi Arts Hour podcast.
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I talked to Larry Morrisey on the Mississippi Arts Hour about Larry Brown’s influence on my life & work, music in SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, writing about southern Brooklyn from northern MS, & more. Tune in Sunday, 11/16 at 5:00 PM CST on MPB Radio or listen via the Mississippi Arts Hour podcast.
The NYRB reissue of Jan Kerouac’s BABY DRIVER is out today. Been wanting to read this for a long time. Just grabbed my copy at Square Books.
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The NYRB reissue of Jan Kerouac’s BABY DRIVER is out today. Been wanting to read this for a long time. Just grabbed my copy at Square Books.
The new one from my favorite in the game, hero and pal Willy Vlautin, showed up a few days ago. Made my day, month, year.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The new one from my favorite in the game, hero and pal Willy Vlautin, showed up a few days ago. Made my day, month, year.
McNally Editions recently reissued Todd Grimson’s 1996 Gothic slacker vampire noir STAINLESS. Goddamn, it’s so great. Highly recommend picking it up. Blurbs from James Ellroy & Katherine Dunn (who said it’s like if Raymond Chandler or Flannery O’Connor wrote a vampire novel).
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
McNally Editions recently reissued Todd Grimson’s 1996 Gothic slacker vampire noir STAINLESS. Goddamn, it’s so great. Highly recommend picking it up. Blurbs from James Ellroy & Katherine Dunn (who said it’s like if Raymond Chandler or Flannery O’Connor wrote a vampire novel).
My best score ever off the library quarter sale rack. A first edition of one of my top ten favorite books, THE STORIES OF BREECE D’J PANCAKE! Still reeling from this find, which was buried—for some reason—in the woebegone nonfiction section.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My best score ever off the library quarter sale rack. A first edition of one of my top ten favorite books, THE STORIES OF BREECE D’J PANCAKE! Still reeling from this find, which was buried—for some reason—in the woebegone nonfiction section.
Been exiled from BlueSky (M$) so about to blast out a bunch of catch-up posts while it’s working. First off: Publishers Weekly named SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET one of the Best Books of 2025! best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Been exiled from BlueSky (M$) so about to blast out a bunch of catch-up posts while it’s working. First off: Publishers Weekly named SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET one of the Best Books of 2025! best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...
I’ll be at the Brattleboro Literary Festival in Brattleboro, Vermont this weekend. Really excited. My panel is on Saturday the 18th, 11:15 am-12:30 pm, 118 Elliot Street, downtown Brattleboro. Hope to see folks there!
October 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’ll be at the Brattleboro Literary Festival in Brattleboro, Vermont this weekend. Really excited. My panel is on Saturday the 18th, 11:15 am-12:30 pm, 118 Elliot Street, downtown Brattleboro. Hope to see folks there!
Thank you, Jen! So much fun. Here’s that Mist tape I mentioned.
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thank you, Jen! So much fun. Here’s that Mist tape I mentioned.
Excited to be in Little Rock today and tomorrow for Six Bridges Book Festival. I’m on a panel tomorrow at 11:30 with Lucas Schaefer, author of THE SLIP (one of my favorite books of the year), moderated by my pal Eli Cranor.
October 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Excited to be in Little Rock today and tomorrow for Six Bridges Book Festival. I’m on a panel tomorrow at 11:30 with Lucas Schaefer, author of THE SLIP (one of my favorite books of the year), moderated by my pal Eli Cranor.
Out now! I have a new story in this anthology called “Arlene.” Think a mix of VERTIGO, PSYCHO, and REAR WINDOW in late ’80s southern Brooklyn. I hope you’ll pick it up! titanbooks.com/72625-birds-...
October 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Out now! I have a new story in this anthology called “Arlene.” Think a mix of VERTIGO, PSYCHO, and REAR WINDOW in late ’80s southern Brooklyn. I hope you’ll pick it up! titanbooks.com/72625-birds-...
Four of my favorite novels.
September 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Four of my favorite novels.
Finally watched EEPHUS. A weird meatball. My favorite movie of the year so far.
September 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Finally watched EEPHUS. A weird meatball. My favorite movie of the year so far.
Out today. Great record.
August 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Out today. Great record.
In this month’s installment of my @southwestreview.bsky.social movie column, I wrote about OVER THE EDGE, THE DRILLER KILLER, THE HUNGRY GHOSTS, and BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT. Also included is a little detour about an axe I used to keep handy back in college. southwestreview.com/i-wake-up-st...
August 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In this month’s installment of my @southwestreview.bsky.social movie column, I wrote about OVER THE EDGE, THE DRILLER KILLER, THE HUNGRY GHOSTS, and BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT. Also included is a little detour about an axe I used to keep handy back in college. southwestreview.com/i-wake-up-st...
Just finished rereading Kim Addonizio’s MY DREAMS OUT IN THE STREET. One of my favorite novels ever. Addonizio writes beautifully about broken people moving through a broken world. Such a heartbreaking & profound book full of gorgeous language & unforgettable details.
August 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just finished rereading Kim Addonizio’s MY DREAMS OUT IN THE STREET. One of my favorite novels ever. Addonizio writes beautifully about broken people moving through a broken world. Such a heartbreaking & profound book full of gorgeous language & unforgettable details.
A couple of books and an album I love that I wound up writing about.
August 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A couple of books and an album I love that I wound up writing about.
ICYMI: @sohopress.bsky.social asked me to come up with a list of ten recommendations. Books, movies, albums, dive bars, products, ideas, anything. See what I came up with here: books.sohopress.com/saintofthena...
Also, the SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET ebook is on sale for $1.99 today.
Also, the SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET ebook is on sale for $1.99 today.
August 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
ICYMI: @sohopress.bsky.social asked me to come up with a list of ten recommendations. Books, movies, albums, dive bars, products, ideas, anything. See what I came up with here: books.sohopress.com/saintofthena...
Also, the SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET ebook is on sale for $1.99 today.
Also, the SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET ebook is on sale for $1.99 today.
Today (8/18) and tomorrow (8/19), you can get SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET in ebook for $1.99. books.sohopress.com/saintofthena...
August 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today (8/18) and tomorrow (8/19), you can get SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET in ebook for $1.99. books.sohopress.com/saintofthena...
I love talking about stuff I love, so when @sohopress.bsky.social asked me to make a list of ten things to recommend, I spent a couple of weeks obsessing over it. See the full list here:
books.sohopress.com/saintofthena...
books.sohopress.com/saintofthena...
August 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I love talking about stuff I love, so when @sohopress.bsky.social asked me to make a list of ten things to recommend, I spent a couple of weeks obsessing over it. See the full list here:
books.sohopress.com/saintofthena...
books.sohopress.com/saintofthena...
Tonight’s Terence Stamp double feature. Two all-time favorites.
August 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tonight’s Terence Stamp double feature. Two all-time favorites.
Some thoughts on THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES adaptation: boxd.it/aKnLyT
August 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Some thoughts on THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES adaptation: boxd.it/aKnLyT
I’ll be at the Possumtown Book Fest in Columbus, MS tomorrow. I’m on a panel with Snowden Wright about place in crime fiction at 2. Hope to see folks there!
August 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’ll be at the Possumtown Book Fest in Columbus, MS tomorrow. I’m on a panel with Snowden Wright about place in crime fiction at 2. Hope to see folks there!
Some places I’ll be over the next couple of months, including Possumtown Book Fest in Columbus, MS this Saturday, 8/16.
August 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some places I’ll be over the next couple of months, including Possumtown Book Fest in Columbus, MS this Saturday, 8/16.