The Pickled Cucumber

Hi, I’m Joshua Rigsby

I’m a writer and a bookstore owner. I enjoy tautologies.

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Y Pickles, Tho?

A fair question. I write about writing and books and life and 19th century tea clippers. None of that is particularly related to briny vegetables. I just like the idea that a pickled cucumber is a pickle. I enjoy the backhanded humor of it. I like to fuck with people. I’m not sure what to tell you.

Things I’ve Written

Pretty Good Books

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Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2016 Edition

Joshua Rigsby

January 5, 2016

Hello again, and welcome to what’s become a tradition here at the Ye Olde Blogpostery, a look back at the recently passed year, and a glance at what’s next. 2015 was […] Continue Reading →
Movie Review: In the Heart of the Sea [Part 2]

Joshua Rigsby

December 28, 2015

I’m a fan of nautical stories (Read: The Famous Tea Clipper Races), particularly those based in the 1800s, I also am a big fan of the National Book Award winning […] Continue Reading →
Book Review: In the Heart of the Sea [Part 1]

Joshua Rigsby

December 27, 2015

This review comes some fifteen years after the book was originally published. I picked it up recently both because of my interest in the nautical goings on of the early […] Continue Reading →
Learn to Sail LA’s Official Tall Ships (For Free!)

Joshua Rigsby

October 5, 2015

My love of tall ships goes back a ways, but given my recent research dive into the great tea races, it’s taken on an outsized portion of my attention lately. […] Continue Reading →