Hank Stuever

Author

  • home
  • books
  • bio
  • blog
  • tv criticism
  • media room
  • contact

Another book grab! SISTERLAND by Curtis Sittenfeld; STRAY by Monica Hesse!

July 16, 2013 by Hank Stuever Leave a Comment

My talented friends keep writing books and my pride knows no bounds. Be the first to EMAIL me at hank [at] hankstuever [dot] [com] and let me know which book you want — I’ve got FOUR copies of each title; one per customer. (Sorry, emails only. No tweet replies, no Facebook replies; and be aware that comments on this blog go to a spam filter first, so that’s the slowest way possible to win.)

First up is Curtis Sittenfeld’s fantastic new novel, Sisterland. (UPDATE, 7:18 p.m.: Sisterland copies are all gone. Sorry!) Here’s my review, via Goodreads …

Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: book publishing, books, Curtis Sittenfeld, Monica Hesse, writing

Once more, with feeling

November 1, 2010 by Hank Stuever 2 Comments

The paperback edition of Tinsel shipped in early October and is in stores now — usually you can find it in the “cultural studies,” “sociology/culture” or “American culture” shelves, with all the books about pot, tattoos, prisons, the real-estate bust, shopaholism, and meatpacking and other biofood nightmares, which is as good a home as any for it.

Maybe, as December slithers closer, some savvy bookstores will put it out on the holiday display table between Glenn Beck’s The Christmas Sweater (ralph), all those Melody Carlson books (hurl), and the perennially best-selling David Sedaris stacks of Holidays on Ice (snore).

Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: book covers, book publishing, books, Christmas, cultural studies, tinsel, Tinsel paperback

Follow Us on RSSFollow Us on FacebookFollow Us on Twitter

Recent Posts

  • I got nowhere else to go
  • Not forgetting, but forgiving
  • Chuh-click-click. (One of my favorites)
  • Book giveaway! Book giveaway! GRANDMA GATEWOOD’S WALK by Gangrey’s Ben Montgomery
  • Frankincense and whirr

Recent Comments

  • Nancy Adkisson on Not forgetting, but forgiving
  • Liz on Not forgetting, but forgiving
  • Laura Keefe on Not forgetting, but forgiving
  • Jolene on Not forgetting, but forgiving
  • Linda on Not forgetting, but forgiving

Archives

Tags

1980s Albuquerque Tribune Austin book promotion book reviews books book tour Brooks Johnson Carli Krueger criticism Curtis Sittenfeld Dan Savage Dan Zak David Finkel David Finkel story about family who watches television Derba Eben Keller Frisco Texas Gangrey Gene Weingarten Hank Stuever Heather Jurva Henry Allen Joan Didion Jour494 journalism Journalism 494 Martha Sherrill Monica Hesse newspaper design newspapers Oklahoma City One-Man Book Club Pollner Pollner professor Popular Culture Journalism class SNL Homowatch Style section T. Anthony Pollner Tampa Bay Times television tinsel University of Montana School of Journalism Washington Post writing

Copyright © 2021 Hank Stuever