PinnedNicky MartininCounter ArtsBlood, Oil, and Deceit: Unraveling the Conspiracy in Killers of the Flower MoonConsidering Scorsese’s film, David Grann’s 2017 book, and the FBI’s complicity in the massacreOct 29, 20231Oct 29, 20231
Nicky MartininBooks Are Our SuperpowerLife, Death, and Productivity: How to Embrace Life’s LimitsReviewing Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks and revealing the futility of time managementMay 81May 81
Nicky MartininReviewsday TuesdayPyramid Schemes and the American DreamReviewing Selling the Dream by Jane Marie, A History of Multi-level Marketing ScamsApr 21Apr 21
Nicky MartinBeware, Hell Hounds! Use This Forbidden Knowledge to Survive!A discussion of the spawn of Cerberus, blackest Midnight born, friend to no man, demon dogsMar 5Mar 5
Nicky MartinSurviving is Criminal: The Black Panther Party and RevolutionReviewing Fact and Fiction about The Black Panther Party in the 1960s and 1970sFeb 25Feb 25
Nicky MartinWeird Love, Heartbreak, and Reading on Valentine’s DayReviewing My Father, The Pornographer; Heartbreak Incorporated and Harlequin ValentineFeb 14Feb 14
Nicky MartinWhat’s True About True Crime? Considering DNA, Reddit, Dead Bodies, and TruthThe Book Piles newsletter returns to review a memoir, a novel, and a comic book about finding truth in crime.Jan 30Jan 30
Nicky MartinSpies, Art, The Cultural Cold War, and Ai WeiweiThis week, the pile pertains to art and state ideology in reviews of Frances Stoner Saunders’ history of the cultural Cold War, Who Paid…Jan 25Jan 25
Nicky MartinFraternal Brotherhoods, Drug Dealing, and Demonic RitualsConsidering occulted fraternities in America by reviewing the true crime book Among the Bros and the comic FraternityJan 14Jan 14
Nicky Martin2024 Guidance, Prayers, and ReadingConsidering Art, Prayer, and Deep Reading this New YearJan 10Jan 10
