Talking noir with Deen Kogan

Deen Kogan and her crowd are drawn to crime. Good thing it's fictional crime, because this is a clever bunch, adept at thinking up all manner of mischief for book and film, even for art and poetry. For the last few days, they've been meeting at Kogan's Society Hill Playhouse and other Philadelphia venues for the 2014 edition of NoirCon, a biennial celebration of the dark literary and film genre called noir. The conference winds up Sunday with a closing ceremony at Port Richmond Books, 3037 Richmond St.