Baer and Clevenger Reading a Rousing Success
Last week, I mentioned my envy of Portland residents as Will Christopher Baer and Craig Clevenger were descending upon Powell’s Books for a joint signing. Reports from the field are that it was an amazing evening of literature. Clevenger took the stand first and read selections from chapter 1 and chapter 10 of Dermaphoria. Baer…
continue readingBaer and Clevenger to Appear at Powell’s
Habitual readers of Slushpile know my huge admiration for neo-noir writers Will Christopher Baer and Craig Clevenger. I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting these gentlemen in person, but I’ve been told numerous times that a Baer or Clevenger reading is not to be missed. Therefore, I’m incredibly envious of people in the Portland, OR…
continue readingGrassroots Bookselling
Greg Michalson at Unbridled Books has an interesting post on his blog about the importance of independent bookstores pushing lesser known works. He discusses the problem surrounding “how are you to discover a wonderful book you don’t already know about—that you haven’t specifically gone into the store, on a mission, so to speak, to track…
continue readingAnother Journalist Defending Sources
When a judge demands that you give up the source for a maple-glazed ham recipe, you’d damn well better give it to him. Otherwise, as this piece points out, you’ll be a journalist in jail like Judith Miller.
continue readingNovelist Loses Election
Caleb Carr, author of The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, and others lost his bid to become a county legislator for Rensselaer County in the Hudson Valley area.
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