Pornified Review Misses One Key Criticism
Megan Rosenfeld’s The Trouble with Smut review in Sunday’s Washington Post examined two recent books about the way pornography and exhibitionism are changing the way men and women interact. The review focused on Pamela Paul’s Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families and Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise…
continue readingKudos to Akashic
There are few things about being an aspiring author that I hate more than when I do everything I’m “supposed to do” and order back copies of a journal, read them cover to cover, examine the submission guidelines, examine the website and online submission guidelines, put together my manuscript properly, send in my SASE, only…
continue readingBaer 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…
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