Neglected Books
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Brad Bigelow, writer in Missoula, MT
Author, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts (Jan 2026)
Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press:
www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books
Editor, neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten path.
Author, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts (Jan 2026)
Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press:
www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books
Editor, neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten path.
On this date in 2014, I gleaned eight lost novels from R. V. Cassill's reviews for the New York Times and Book World between 1961 and 1974.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this date in 2014, I gleaned eight lost novels from R. V. Cassill's reviews for the New York Times and Book World between 1961 and 1974.
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Many thanks to the New York Public Library for ordering seven (7!) sets of the new US edition of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage, available now from @asterismbooks.bsky.social. US modernist scholars: ask your school's library to order a set, too!
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Many thanks to the New York Public Library for ordering seven (7!) sets of the new US edition of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage, available now from @asterismbooks.bsky.social. US modernist scholars: ask your school's library to order a set, too!
They didn't like the original title?
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
They didn't like the original title?
... has never been a problem.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
... has never been a problem.
Night Court, an experimental Vitaphone short from 1927. Notice that the flubs stay in because they were recorded on disc and impossible to edit. Presented here as the first sound film of William Demarest, Mr. Kockenlocker of The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Uncle Charlie of My Three Sons.
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Night Court, an experimental Vitaphone short from 1927. Notice that the flubs stay in because they were recorded on disc and impossible to edit. Presented here as the first sound film of William Demarest, Mr. Kockenlocker of The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Uncle Charlie of My Three Sons.
Robert Coates's The Bitter Season (1946) is about a New Yorker too old to be drafted in WWII. An odd mixture of narrative, journal entries, prose poems, and reflective essays, it illustrates the problem of trying to force fit a form -- the novel -- onto unruly components.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Robert Coates's The Bitter Season (1946) is about a New Yorker too old to be drafted in WWII. An odd mixture of narrative, journal entries, prose poems, and reflective essays, it illustrates the problem of trying to force fit a form -- the novel -- onto unruly components.
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Is your publisher reluctant to hype your novel? Shoot them a copy of Kathleen Norris's Motionless Shadows!
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Is your publisher reluctant to hype your novel? Shoot them a copy of Kathleen Norris's Motionless Shadows!
18 Titles and Counting. The Recovered Books series from @bhousepress.bsky.social keeps growing, with the publication of Makeshift by Sarah Campion, a long-forgotten novel about one Jewish woman's coming of age and exodus from Nazi Germany, coming on 28 November.
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
18 Titles and Counting. The Recovered Books series from @bhousepress.bsky.social keeps growing, with the publication of Makeshift by Sarah Campion, a long-forgotten novel about one Jewish woman's coming of age and exodus from Nazi Germany, coming on 28 November.
Warren William is usually held up as everyone's favorite Pre-Code bad guy, but when he had a chance, he could be superb at comedy as well. From Goodbye Again (1933), attempting to fend off a suspicious husband (Hugh Herbert).
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Warren William is usually held up as everyone's favorite Pre-Code bad guy, but when he had a chance, he could be superb at comedy as well. From Goodbye Again (1933), attempting to fend off a suspicious husband (Hugh Herbert).
Donald Newlove's Sweet Adversity, one of the most ambitious American novels of the 1970s, had been out of print for almost 30 years when I wrote about it in 2014. Now, thanks to @toughpoets.bsky.social, it's back in print. A story that'll rip yer heart out.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Donald Newlove's Sweet Adversity, one of the most ambitious American novels of the 1970s, had been out of print for almost 30 years when I wrote about it in 2014. Now, thanks to @toughpoets.bsky.social, it's back in print. A story that'll rip yer heart out.
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Cream of Jalapeno Soup. Only recipe I ever made up & it's dead simple:
3-4 jalapenos per person, seeded and membranes removed
1 medium-ish potato per person, peeled & sliced
Broth (veg or 🐔) to cover + little
Boil then simmer until everything is mushy
Blend
Serve, maybe w/squirt of lime juice
3-4 jalapenos per person, seeded and membranes removed
1 medium-ish potato per person, peeled & sliced
Broth (veg or 🐔) to cover + little
Boil then simmer until everything is mushy
Blend
Serve, maybe w/squirt of lime juice
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Cream of Jalapeno Soup. Only recipe I ever made up & it's dead simple:
3-4 jalapenos per person, seeded and membranes removed
1 medium-ish potato per person, peeled & sliced
Broth (veg or 🐔) to cover + little
Boil then simmer until everything is mushy
Blend
Serve, maybe w/squirt of lime juice
3-4 jalapenos per person, seeded and membranes removed
1 medium-ish potato per person, peeled & sliced
Broth (veg or 🐔) to cover + little
Boil then simmer until everything is mushy
Blend
Serve, maybe w/squirt of lime juice
In case you were in doubt.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In case you were in doubt.
At my commissioning 45 years ago. Between us, my father, my brother, and I served almost 80 years on active duty. When people say "Thank you for your service," though, I feel obliged to thank them for all the opportunities their tax dollars made possible.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
At my commissioning 45 years ago. Between us, my father, my brother, and I served almost 80 years on active duty. When people say "Thank you for your service," though, I feel obliged to thank them for all the opportunities their tax dollars made possible.
A salute to some of the veterans in my family. Six of my mother's ten brothers served in World War Two. All survived, thankfully.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A salute to some of the veterans in my family. Six of my mother's ten brothers served in World War Two. All survived, thankfully.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Veteran's Day is a good time to remember that one of the worst things about a war is the suffering that continues after its end. In 2016, I looked at four memoirs by women who dealt with the aftermath of World War Two and its victims.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Veteran's Day is a good time to remember that one of the worst things about a war is the suffering that continues after its end. In 2016, I looked at four memoirs by women who dealt with the aftermath of World War Two and its victims.
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Feel free to express your "Mirth" over the waggish value of this thread. The End.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Feel free to express your "Mirth" over the waggish value of this thread. The End.
"Meddler" suggests to me that Prof. A. A. Griffith was less than successful in his meddling.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Meddler" suggests to me that Prof. A. A. Griffith was less than successful in his meddling.
"Brute" comes in handy when disappointed with the size of your "Large Fries" portion.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Brute" comes in handy when disappointed with the size of your "Large Fries" portion.
Feel free to substitute "Drunkard" the next time a pharmaceuticals executive has a medical emergency in your Oval Office.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Feel free to substitute "Drunkard" the next time a pharmaceuticals executive has a medical emergency in your Oval Office.
3.7% of French voters chose a candidate other than Emmanuel Macron over his inability to do a halfway decent "Frenchman" (which, of course, must be accompanied by an admiring "Ooh la-la!").
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
3.7% of French voters chose a candidate other than Emmanuel Macron over his inability to do a halfway decent "Frenchman" (which, of course, must be accompanied by an admiring "Ooh la-la!").
"Lover" may, for example, provoke "Coward" from the object of your affections.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Lover" may, for example, provoke "Coward" from the object of your affections.
Take care in using "Lover": it may not always produce the expected results.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Take care in using "Lover": it may not always produce the expected results.
I'll bet you didn't know that there is a proper Teutonic expression. Here to provide you with some remedial training is Professor A. A. Griffith's , author of The Complete Drill Book for the Practice of the Principles of Vocal Physiology, and for Acquiring the Art of Elocution and Oratory (1880).
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November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'll bet you didn't know that there is a proper Teutonic expression. Here to provide you with some remedial training is Professor A. A. Griffith's , author of The Complete Drill Book for the Practice of the Principles of Vocal Physiology, and for Acquiring the Art of Elocution and Oratory (1880).
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The art of mixing a cocktail, from One Way Passage (1932). The bartender is played by Mike Donlin. A professional baseball player for 12 seasons, and his career batting average remains in the top 50 of all time. After baseball, he toured in a show with his wife, Mabel Hite.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The art of mixing a cocktail, from One Way Passage (1932). The bartender is played by Mike Donlin. A professional baseball player for 12 seasons, and his career batting average remains in the top 50 of all time. After baseball, he toured in a show with his wife, Mabel Hite.