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 →
Where to Find Your Next Favorite Book

Joshua Rigsby

February 25, 2015

As good old-fashioned bookstores become more and more yeti-like these days (i.e. difficult to find, smelly and temperamental when cornered) it can be tough to know where find a […] Continue Reading →
(The Lack of) Sleep & Parenting

Joshua Rigsby

February 15, 2015

My wife and I were happy to welcome our second child into the world last week (*applause*). This has, of course, given me reason to pause and reflect on life, […] Continue Reading →
20 Podcasts I Think You Might Like

Joshua Rigsby

February 4, 2015

I’m a big NPR nerd. No question. Have been for a while. (Yes, I realize that “NPR nerd” is redundant.) NPR-listening, as with all gateway drugs, inevitably led me into […] Continue Reading →
I Am Done With Hollywood.

Joshua Rigsby

January 28, 2015

I’m done. I’m calling it. Throwing in the towel. Throwing up the sponge. Done. I am done writing screenplays. It looks appealing right? Hobnobbing with powerful […] Continue Reading →