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Occasional book publisher. Not the obvious popular hits, just the sneakily enduring songs. Chicago, IL.

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I sometimes think about how in the course of his career Columbo met at least four guys who looked like Robert Culp, and three of them turned out to be murderers. Do you think by the fourth one he went in feeling suspicious?
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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from Deborah Shapiro’s WATCHING THE DETECTIVE
between our parents homes. My fish was named Cuddles.) "You're so unassuming," Anna said, at the end of our meeting. "I mean that as a compliment." Columbo, too, is unassuming. In a way that would serve a detective—or a would-be writer. Unassuming as a function of being exceedingly observant. To put it another way, you don't make too much of yourself because you are occupied with making much out of what is going on around you. As my father would say: You don't miss a trick. At least, you try not to. There are, it turns out, several Columbo storylines featuring writers who overestimate their ability to let no trick be missed. "Murder by the Book" (1971) involves a team of mystery writers-one kills the other. The episode was shot by a 24-year-old Steven Spielberg. In "Publish or Perish" (1974), it's technically a publisher, played by the suave Jack Cassidy, the murderous writer in the aforementioned episode, who does in a bestselling novelist, to collect insurance money and to keep Photo of Deborah shapiro’s WATCHING THE DETECTIVE
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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“you don’t make too much of yourself because you are occupied with making much out of what is going on around you” — on Columbo & writers being unassuming
“you don’t make too much of yourself because you are occupied with making much out of what is going on around you” — on Columbo & writers being unassuming
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Just a reminder that B-Side Editions offers the option of free gift wrapping, and books make great presents. I don’t have the time/patience/microphone to make an ASMR gift wrapping video so please accept these inert photos and imagine me whispering “Shop small, if at all.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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❤️ thank you @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social ❤️
kathleenmrooney.bsky.social Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 13d
Watching the Detective by Deborah Shapiro from @bside-editions.bsky.social is such an excellent blend of personal writing and cultural criticism that @martinseay.bsky.social and I bought three copies: one to keep for ourselves and two to give over the holidays. Add to cart!
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Tonight! Release party for Watching the Detective. At the Whistler. Doors at 6. Would love to see you!
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Thanks so much to @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and @rachellayown.bsky.social for this interview🖤
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Coming at you in May 👀@tortoisebooks.bsky.social
HIDDEN RIVER novel "Lippmann writes like no other" - Paula Bomer, author of The Stalker SARA LIPPMANN
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The date is fast approaching... Wednesday 11/19/25 at the Whistler. Would love to see you there.
bside-editions.bsky.social B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · Oct 15
Chicago! Save the date for a Watching the Detective book launch party. Weds, November 19th, 6-8pm at The Whistler. Books, beverages, friends, hope to see you there.
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Thanks for reading, @levistahl.bsky.social 👀🖤
levistahl.bsky.social Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 29d
Deborah Shapiro, Watching the Detective.
Text: Unkempt, unassuming, unprepossessing, but with an incredibly shrewd understanding of human nature. Perceptive but never a know-it-all. His powers of observation are linked, in my mind, to the fact that Columbo, as played by Falk, is a decent man, a kind man, who prevails by dint of his intelligence-underestimated-but also his good, gentle nature. His willingness to be seen as a dope or a nuisance, usually by the very people who believe they're too smart for him, above him. There may be some subterfuge on his part, occasionally, but if it's not always entirely ethical, I would say it's still honorable. Maybe all I mean is that Columbo is a mensch.
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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super proud to be part of this @wbez.org story alongside two amazing writers, love that I was photoshopped so that it looks like I’m lurking & about to jumpscare the both of them

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How to write a horror story: Three writers on the art of the scare
The American Writers Museum of Chicago will open an exhibit in November on the influence of religion and culture on creative works, including the horror genre.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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New book, Watching the Detective, ostensibly about the year I got weirdly obsessed with watching Columbo, but really about so much more. Out 11/18/25. Available to preorder on www.bsideeditions.com 🖤
October 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Chicago! Save the date for a Watching the Detective book launch party. Weds, November 19th, 6-8pm at The Whistler. Books, beverages, friends, hope to see you there.
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Do you like cities? Do you think they're miraculous instances of collective creativity, not despite but because of the fact that they always involve complex & improvisatory negotiations among dissimilar individuals? Would you like to explain that to kids? Allow me to recommend LEAF TOWN FOREVER:
kathleenmrooney.bsky.social Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · Oct 14
It's publication day for LEAF TOWN FOREVER, the picture book I co-wrote with my sister @bethrooney.bsky.social, illustrated by Betsy Bowen & published by @uminnpress.bsky.social! See you at one of our upcoming events, & in the meantime, add to cart! www.leaftownforever.com/news-and-event
October 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Tomorrow (Friday)! I'll be talking with Naomi Washer about her wonderful new book MARGINALIA at @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social in Chicago. Would love to see you.
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Design and book people: you might want to check out this interview with super-talented designer Matthew Jacobson, who came up with the cover for Watching the Detective, the next B-Side Editions book (out soon)
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Print Is Not Dead
Talking with designer Matthew Jacobson about book covers, records and music, DIY sensibilities, magic, and more
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September 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Chicago, come hear/see Donato read as part of this great lineup. Today!
September 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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First time at @roscoebooks.bsky.social, picked up the new one by @tvayyyy.bsky.social and finally got one by @bside-editions.bsky.social - enjoying the patio at Soul & Smoke (I swear this isn’t a paid ad)
August 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Such a fun event and a great lineup! Thanks @ignatius2u.bsky.social and @roscoebooks.bsky.social ❤️
ignatius2u.bsky.social Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · May 27
What a night! SundaySalonChicago happened yesterday 5/25 at 7pm CT at @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village, Chgo. A fine night of prose & poetry! I hosted Afabwaje Kurian,
@bside-editions.bsky.social, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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See you Sunday?
ignatius2u.bsky.social Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · May 22
SundaySalonChicago is 4 days away! Join us @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village, Chgo, this Sun. May 25, 7 pm for a fine night of prose & poetry. I'm excited to host Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Such a fun time at Exile in Bookville, talking about The Golden Hour, with @specktor.bsky.social
myskypager.bsky.social Stuart Ross @myskypager.bsky.social · May 16
Deborah Shapiro (@bside-editions.bsky.social) in conversation with Matthew Specktor (@specktor.bsky.social) at Exile in Bookville last night. Lovely!

Specktor: "There are no minor characters."
May 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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This is gonna be so good! Chicago, come through!
bside-editions.bsky.social B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 13
This Thursday, 7pm, at Exile in Bookville in Chicago! I'll be talking with @specktor.bsky.social, whose new book, The Golden Hour, is just so great. So much to talk about.
May 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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This Thursday, 7pm, at Exile in Bookville in Chicago! I'll be talking with @specktor.bsky.social, whose new book, The Golden Hour, is just so great. So much to talk about.
May 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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ignatius2u.bsky.social
I'm excited to host Sunday Salon Chicago's next in-person reading event @roscoebooks.bsky.social on May 25 at 7 pm CT, w/ Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social Deborah Shapiro, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 Bios are up at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com. Come join us!
May 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I'll be reading in Chicago, 5/25 at @roscoebooks.bsky.social with this great line-up. Would love to see you there.
ignatius2u.bsky.social Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · May 6
Sunday Salon Chicago is pleased & excited to announce its next in-person reading event @roscoebooks.bsky.social on May 25 at 7 pm CT, featuring Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, @thejs3.bsky.social, & Chris Solis Green 👏💗🔥 Pls join us.
www.sundaysalon-chicago.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM