Bill Morris

Bill Morris is the author of the novels Motor City, All Souls' Day, and Motor City Burning, which will be published by Pegasus Books in July. His writing has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, the (London) Independent, the Washington Post Magazine, L.A. Weekly and the online literary magazine The Millions. He lives in New York City.

A photo illustration of Lee Harvey Oswald, Travis Bickle, and Marguerite Oswald.

TOP OF THE WORLD, MA

Lee Harvey Oswald Was America’s First Travis Bickle

Author Deanne Stillman talks to The Daily Beast about her new book that explores the relationship between Oswald and his monster of a mother.

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GEORGIA V. YALE

The Day Big-Time College Football Came to the South

How the University of Georgia turned college ball into unbridled power.

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ABOUT FACE

This Brand New Civil War Monument Celebrates Black Troops

A new sculpture in Wilmington, NC, demolishes the cliché of mounted white men on horseback by immortalizing the Black foot soldiers who helped liberate the city.

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HISTORY ON REPEAT

Jan. 6 Riot Was No Fluke and This 1898 Massacre Proves It

Wilmington, N.C. was a well integrated city in the late 19th century, both socially and politically. That harmony was more than a lawless mob of white racists could bear.

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FATHER FIGURE

The X-Rated Godfather of Rap Gets His Due

Always on the fringes, Moore perfected fast-talking insult comedy, almost single-handedly invented blaxsploitation movies, and inspired artists from Snoop Dog to Eddie Murphy.

Bill Morris

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Lee Harvey Oswald Was America’s First Travis Bickle

The Day Big-Time College Football Came to the South

This Brand New Civil War Monument Celebrates Black Troops

Jan. 6 Riot Was No Fluke and This 1898 Massacre Proves It

The X-Rated Godfather of Rap Gets His Due

Herman Wouk, a Legend of Historical Fiction, Dies at 103

Dictators and Thugs Love to Scooooore at the World Cup

Tom Wolfe Dies and Trades White Suit for Angel’s Wings

Grant Wood Is So Much More Than ‘American Gothic’

Isn’t It About Time We Stopped Loathing Mickey Spillane?