Month: March 2017

Is celebrity more important than fighting racism?

Sometimes pop culture just breaks your heart. I like to believe that I’m not an old fogey who spends all his time on the porch bitching about kids today. I’m also not an art snob who rants about the dirty influence of commerce. I get it. It’s hard to sell books and anything that gives…

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Are you sure Papa done it this way?

Business Insider linked to a video where bestselling author Tim Ferriss shares tips for creating habits. In the piece, Ferriss suggests creating an incentive plan with a friend or using various coaching apps. He points to the example of business executives who paid each other for every missed work out as a way of accountability.…

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Slushpile Reads: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

Strapline: A look at the complex – and dangerous – connection between drugs and the rise of the Third Reich. Why We Love It: This is a book that doesn’t explain the horrors of war but does explain the fuel that powered its engines. This book, written in a light, accessible style paints the Third…

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Mullally & Offerman get rights to Saunders novel

In 1995, I was working at a bookstore and a new short story writer came for a signing. Everyone was incredibly excited for the visit and raved about the story collection. The guy had been a technical writer, if I remember correctly, and he told me about writing his short stories at work, sneaking a…

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New book deal sums up why I don’t read parenting stuff

Either I’m a horrible parent or parenting writing is too predictable. I recently wrote about how I don’t read any parenting blogs. I also don’t read any parenting books either. It’s not that I’m uninterested in the subject, I just find that they are limited to either Frantic-Exhausted Parent Voice or they are Wonder Years…

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