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Why Pickles, and also, Why Blog at All?
I can hear you asking. I can hear the incredulity whirring behind your crinkled eyebrows. Why, exactly, would someone restart a blog? A blog? A web-log? You say. Seems a bit old fashioned, doesn’t it? This form of communication peaked about twenty years ago. No flash. No pizzazz. Virality is unlikely. This is not monetizable… Continue Reading →
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Radioactive Steel, Antiquarian Books, & the Struggle for Self-Expression
I was listening to the Slate Political Gabfest podcast recently. This was their annual show where they step away from politics (mostly) and discuss whatever fun riddles and conundrums their audience sends in. It’s an annual expansion of their weekly “cocktail chatter” segment where they allow themselves to branch out beyond their usual topics de… Continue Reading →
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So there’s a new bookstore in town…
Lots of people have been asking me about the new bookstore that’s opening up in town. There’s a backstory you should probably know. A few years ago a local reader would come into my bookstore to look around a bit before picking up her son from preschool. She became a regular. We’d chat about books.… Continue Reading →
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The Doldrums
I’ve spent the past several months querying a novel. Everyone describes the querying process as brutal. Everyone is correct. You work hard on a book. You research, write, polish, revise, edit, throw out entire chapters, you pull out your hair, you believe it won’t ever see the light of day, you dig deep into your… Continue Reading →
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They Knew.
I shotgunned Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson when it came out yesterday. I’m not sure why. I wanted some closure maybe. I wanted someone to blame. I wasn’t exactly shocked by what I read, but it did confirm the suspicions most of us have had for a while. They knew. All of… Continue Reading →
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Why Pickles, & also Why Blog at All?
A fair question. I’m not really sure the answer. I like the backhanded tautology of it. A pickled cucumber is just a pickle. Not that deep. Just mildly funny. I’m not sure what to tell you.
Joshua Rigsby
Joshua Rigsby runs a bookstore in a small town. He has written for Thrillist, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Southern California Public Radio, and the Atlantic.
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