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

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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 →
11 Basic Tips for Writing a Press Release

Joshua Rigsby

January 16, 2014

Writing a press release can be intimidating. Google is choked with suggestions on PR templates, formats, press release services, and distribution companies. How are you supposed to know what to […] Continue Reading →
Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2015 Edition

Joshua Rigsby

January 7, 2014

At the beginning of last year I wrote a post about how it seems like everyone has an inexplicably strong set of feelings about New Year’s Resolutions. Not much has […] Continue Reading →
Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2014

Joshua Rigsby

January 6, 2014

If you own or operate a blog in the English-speaking world it’s required by law of all Current & Former Members of the British Empire that you compose a post […] Continue Reading →
Sushi & the Craft of Writing

Joshua Rigsby

December 26, 2013

I recently watched the documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi.” It’s a great film (available on Netflix). Beautifully shot, well-constructed, nicely edited. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves sushi, […] Continue Reading →