PinnedPublished inCounter 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
Foolproof Strategy for Improving Email Newsletter, No EscapeIncorporate In-Person Meetings to Build Relationships and Know Your Readers Better Than They Know ThemselvesJan 10Jan 10
25 New Books in 2025Spies, Corruption, Monsters, Mania, and World Literature I’m Excited to Read This Next YearJan 9Jan 9
Published inBooks 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 8, 20241May 8, 20241
Published inReviewsday TuesdayPyramid Schemes and the American DreamReviewing Selling the Dream by Jane Marie, A History of Multi-level Marketing ScamsApr 2, 20241Apr 2, 20241
Beware, Hell Hounds! Use This Forbidden Knowledge to Survive!A discussion of the spawn of Cerberus, blackest Midnight born, friend to no man, demon dogsMar 5, 2024Mar 5, 2024
Surviving is Criminal: The Black Panther Party and RevolutionReviewing Fact and Fiction about The Black Panther Party in the 1960s and 1970sFeb 25, 2024Feb 25, 2024
Weird Love, Heartbreak, and Reading on Valentine’s DayReviewing My Father, The Pornographer; Heartbreak Incorporated and Harlequin ValentineFeb 14, 2024Feb 14, 2024
What’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 30, 2024Jan 30, 2024
Spies, 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 25, 2024Jan 25, 2024