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 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.
continue readingBlog Book Sold
I should probably make a note of this so when this book is published, I can learn what in the hell I’m doing… Publishers Marketplace reported that Jonathan Yang sold a project entitled Rough Guide to Blogging to Andrew Lockett at Rough Guides. Lilly Ghahremani at Full Circle Literary represented the deal.
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