I Will Blurb Any Book Within 24 Hours! #3
Tired of waiting weeks or even MONTHS for back-cover endorsements from recognizable authors? I, Mickey Hess, will blurb any book – that’s right, ANY book – within 24 hours! Just…
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Morning Coffee
The future is awesome; generating power via whiskey and extreme parasailing. I don’t want to freak anyone out here, but the moon is maybe shrinking. The Times on expensive-ass fish…
Swinging Modern Sounds #25: 100% Nepotism
It’s the Internet, where I am plying my trade here, and it’s meant to be the Wild West—unregulated, unruly, unpredictable.
Ms. Bassist
Today’s DEAR SUGAR question was posed by our very own Elissa Bassist. As her question revolves around writing, we figure now would be a good time to share some of…
“A Masterpiece of American Fiction”
Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review, really likes Franzen’s latest novel. Join The Jonathan Franzen One-Off Book Club.
The Borders Comment
Is Borders threatening not to stock The Adderall Diaries? Is this commenter to be believed? Update: This has been fact checked. The commenter does indeed manage a Borders.
I Will Blurb Any Book Within 24 Hours! #2
Tired of waiting weeks or even MONTHS for back-cover endorsements from recognizable authors? I, Mickey Hess, will blurb any book – that’s right, ANY book – within 24 hours! Just…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #48: Write Like a Motherfucker
I want to know what you have inside you. I want to see the contours of your second beating heart.
Book Recs Gone Bad
“But what about when someone presses a book on you, assuring you that you’ll simply adore it … and you don’t? Worse – you hate the thing, and can’t understand…