Put Some Bozo Back in Your Life
It’s been an exciting –and hectic– time here at Slushpile.net headquarters. There are now less than 6 weeks to go until my first book is published. The Man Behind the Nose: Assassins, Astronauts, Cannibals, and Other Stupendous Tales by Larry Harmon, co-authored by yours truly, will be released from HarperCollins on August 17, 2010. I’ve…
continue readingBourdain Readings: Tattoos, Births
Bestselling author, former chef, and current television personality Anthony Bourdain gave an interview to The Seattle Times in promotion of his new book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. It’s a short but entertaining piece. But the real highlight comes when the interviewer asks about the…
continue readingRIP John Wooden
In the middle of last week, I was re-organizing some book shelves (or, to be honest, vainly attempting to create some organization) and pulled a number of sports books down. On top of the pile was the 1997 book Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court by John Wooden with…
continue readingNew Yorker Releases 20-Best-Under-40 List
The New Yorker released it’s list of the best (or most worth-watching or coolest or hippest or whatever criteria) writers under the age of 40. The list is in conjunction with the magazine’s special double-literature issue that will be released this coming Monday. Here’s the rundown of the names (along with ages) courtesty of The…
continue readingThe Paris Review Launches Blog
Esteemed literary journal The Paris Review has launched a daily blog. In the introductory post, editor Lorin Stein writes, “Taking inspiration from the Review’s founding editor, George Plimpton, our mode will be participatory journalism, our beat the arts. We will write about what we love, not as critics, but as participants—as amateurs in the Plimptonian…
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