Dzanc to Publish Stephen Graham Jones
Earlier this week, news broke that one of Slushpile’s favorite indie publishers Dzanc Books signed on to release two new books by one of our favorite writers, Stephen Graham Jones. You might recall Jones from one of our two interviews with him. After the news broke, I asked Jones for a little more detail about…
continue readingDouglas Coupland Launches Fashion Line
Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X, Microserfs and many others has launched a fashion line. According to published reports, the goal of the enterprise is to”‘”explore a new way of seeing Canada’ far removed from ‘birch bark and moose and Mounties’.” I recently asked how authors can make more money. Presumably, this fashion line isn’t…
continue readingPut 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…
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