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Mary Roach
Summer Reading List
by, Jill Swenson
June 8, 2013

Good writers read good writing. While you are writing your work-in-progress, keep reading great books. Here’s our recommendations for a super summer reading list. Non-Fiction Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan Death in the Baltic: WWII Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff by Cathryn Prince Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill Good Prose: The Art of Non-Fiction… [Read More]

Filed Under: Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Cooked, Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill, Katherine Boo, Mary Roach, Michael Pollan, Summer Reading
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Robot Arms and Space Cowboys
by, Jill Swenson
April 18, 2011

If you want to watch a rising star with a bestselling book, look to Andrew Kessler and Martian Summer. He’s part gonzo journalist, i.e. Mary Roach with gonads, and part wacky hip ad-man, i. e. his real life gig as Creative Director, HUGE. The social media buzz isn’t shameless self-promotion; it’s comedy central. Yup, the book trailers are only a piece to this sweet marketing mix… [Read More]

Filed Under: Andrew Kessler, book trailer, heroes, humans, Mars, Martian Summer, Mary Roach, NASA scientists, Regolith, sol, space, time shifting
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