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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Why Pickles, and also, Why Blog at All?

Joshua Rigsby

January 6, 2025

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 […] Continue Reading →
Why Everyone Still Loves Hitler

Joshua Rigsby

April 24, 2014

For someone we claim dislike so much we seem to reference him all the time. In political discussions especially. There is no better way to score cheap points with your base […] Continue Reading →
How to Handle a Bad Review: Pt. 2 (When You Don’t Know Who’s Right)

Joshua Rigsby

April 3, 2014

Last week I wrote about how to respond when someone gives your writing a bad review for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of your work. Basically, […] Continue Reading →
How to Handle A Bad Review: Pt 1 (When They’re Wrong)

Joshua Rigsby

March 27, 2014

This is the first in a series of posts about what to do with bad reviews. I welcome your recommendations in the comment section below. IT WILL HAPPEN TO […] Continue Reading →
8 Things You Might Not Know About the Berlin Wall

Joshua Rigsby

February 14, 2014

I’m researching Berlin in the 1980’s for an upcoming writing project. Many people who grew up after the collapse of the USSR (like myself) are only vaguely aware of the […] Continue Reading →