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The healthy glow of those Radium Girls

By Patrick Kansa March 27, 2018 In Non-Fiction, Reviews 0 Kate Moore, Radium 1

At least, that’s how those in charge framed things in the plants that were running in Orange, NJ and Ottawa,

The oddity of death and remove, in today’s social media age

By Scott McKenzie February 7, 2018March 2, 2018 In Essays 0 No tags 17

I’m currently reading The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, the posthumous collection from Denis Johnson. Expect a full review shortly.

Montfort on the future

By Scott McKenzie February 6, 2018 In News 0 No tags 17

Nick Montfort, author of The Future recently sat down with Slushpile patron saint John Biggs for an episode of the Technotopia podcast.

McGowan asks B&N for apology

By Scott McKenzie February 5, 2018 In News 0 No tags 16

A number of sources are reporting that an appearance from Rose McGowan at the Union Square Barnes & Noble went south.

Mickey Spillane’s guys and dolls

By Heather Quinlan February 2, 2018 In News 0 I the Jury, Mickey Spillane 21

The first time I remember seeing the name “Mickey Spillane” was in TV Guide, which had a full-page ad proclaiming “Stacey Keach in Mickey Spillane’s ‘Mike Hammer!’” These were too many names for me,

You still brag about that high school state championship?

By Scott McKenzie February 1, 2018 In Deals, News 0 No tags 19

So, here’s a book deal that will make you feel like you’ve accomplished almost nothing in your life.

“The only member of the U.S.

#tbt The Book of Lists

By Heather Quinlan February 1, 2018 In General, Non-Fiction, Reviews 0 Amy Wallace, David Wallechinsky 19

I love trivia. Trivial Pursuit is the only board game I’ll play. Probably because it’s the only one I’m good at.

Downing book deal announced

By Scott McKenzie January 30, 2018 In Deals, News 0 No tags 19

After posting yesterday about hard rock books, I saw an announcement about yet another new release. According to Blabbermouth,

Just can’t stop the hard rock book train

By Scott McKenzie January 29, 2018 In Deals 0 No tags 22

There once was a time when book and magazine editors proudly said, “Metalheads don’t read.” But we now know that to embarrassingly incorrect as books by hard rock musicians continue to appear,

How do you get rid of books?

By Scott McKenzie January 24, 2018 In General 1 No tags 24

Most book lovers confront the possibility of being crushed by their libraries at some point or another. Depending on your space and your finances,

Wolff teases easter egg in megaselling book

By Scott McKenzie January 23, 2018 In News 0 No tags 25

As if Michael Wolff hadn’t already made enough money off Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,

Vance will not run for Senate

By Scott McKenzie January 22, 2018 In General, News 0 No tags 25

On Friday, multiple outlets reported that author J.D. Vance had announced that he would not run for Senate in Ohio.

A landslide of Lansdale advice

By Scott McKenzie January 15, 2018 In Writing & Submitting Tips 0 No tags 28

Author Joe R. Lansdale got 2018 off to a rousing start with a landslide of writing advice on his social media pages.

The Ice Wagon’s Wheels Come Off: Mavis Gallant and Sadia Shepard in The New Yorker

By Heather Quinlan January 9, 2018February 2, 2018 In News 9 Foreign Returned, Francine Prose 28

Yesterday I learned that an short story featured in the January 8, 2018 issue of The New Yorker—“Foreign-Returned” by Sadia Shepard—bore a more than casual resemblance to the late Mavis Gallant’s story,

So what’s Behind the Attic Wall?

By Heather Quinlan January 3, 2018 In Book Reviews, Fiction 0 Behind the Attic Wall, Syvia Cassedy 29

Continuing my reviews of books with the word “Attic” in the title is “Behind the Attic Wall,” a YA novel that could not be more different from “Flowers in the Attic,” but at the same time left such an impression on me that for years I considered it one of my favorites,