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About Me
- Jonathan S.
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- I am a writer living in the Pacific Northwest. I am working on a book about the Lincoln Highway. Follow me: http://thefatherroad.com/
Books Published
Books Published In
- Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World
- Going Mutant: The Bat Boy Exposed
- Home Brew Wind Power
- Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists
- My Funny Major Medical
- My Funny Valentine: America's Most Hilarious Writers Take On Love, Romance, and Other Complications
- The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes
Magazines Published In
- Amphora Magazine
- BPM Magazine
- Beer Northwest Magazine
- Canoe and Kayak Magazine
- City Arts
- Coffee House Digest
- Comedians Magazine
- Culture: The Word on Cheese
- Diner Journal
- Discover America Travel Guide
- Distinctly Northwest Magazine
- Epitaphs Magazine
- Fine Books and Collections Magazine
- Forever Green
- Geez Magazine
- Ghettoblaster Magazine
- Halftime Magazine
- Idaho Magazine
- Lexus Magazine
- Meatpaper
- Metro Dot Pop
- Nevada Magazine
- Northwest Travel Magazine
- Parody Poetry Journal
- Presence Magazine
- Put an Egg on It
- Rain Taxi Review of Books
- Remedy Quarterly
- SOMA Magazine
- Seattle Business Magazine
- Seattle Sound Magazine
- Sip Northwest Magazine
- Stage Directions Magazine
- Sublime Magazine
- Swindle Magazine
- Touring & Tasting Magazine
- Twins Magazine
- Uppercase Magazine
- Venuszine
- Welding and Cutting Magazine
Newspapers Published In
Blogs I Contribute To
Websites Published On (Music Writing)
Websites Published In (Humor Writing)
Websites Published In (Misc Writings)
Photography Published In
Magazines, Sites, and Blogs I Read Frequently
- Atlantic
- Bookdwarf
- Bookninja
- Comics Curmudgeon
- Crosscut Seattle
- Curious Expeditions
- Esquire
- Grist
- Guardian Unlimited Books
- Harper's Magazine
- Largehearted Boy
- Magazine Publishers of America
- Media Bistro
- Morning News
- National Book Critics Circle Board
- Neatorama
- New York Times Book Section
- New York Times Magazine
- New Yorker
- Newsmap
- Onion, The
- Slate Magazine
- Smithsonian
- Three Quarks Daily
- USA Today Pop Candy
- Vanity Fair
- Weekly World News
Writers I Read Regularly
Blog Archive
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- The Real Raymond Carver
- Friday's Poem
- An Easy Way to Increase Creativity
- Failed Children's Book Titles
- Them's Fightin' Words!
- Tip to Beat the Heat - Drink Like Hemingway
- The Artwork of Su Blackwell
- Telling Tails
- A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible; or, Select Passages...
- The Periodic Table of Metaphors
- Andrew Motion on War Poetry
- What's Apple Building in There?
- Eye on the Strand
- Jon's Writing on Venuszine
- Those Satirical Russians
- Mein Kampf
- Worst. Children's Books. Ever.
- The Power of Reading
- When Astronauts Photographed the Moon
- Quote of the Week
- Blurring the Lines Between Fact and Fiction
- Dead Poet Graves
- A Frog and Toad Discovery
- Titles Within a Tale
- Friday's Poem
- Alice in Wonderland Trailer
- Special Collections
- Crazy About Books About Being Crazy
- And So It Goes
- Lost Love Letter Reunites Couple
- Travel and the Private Library
- The Three Little Pigs Get Their Houses Upgraded
- Back to the Future
- Walter Cronkite and Gertrude Stein
- A (Not So) Complete History of Literary Tattoos
- Disputations: The Untouchables
- Bookshelf Etiquette
- Extinct Monsters
- Can You Come Up With a Crummy Science Fiction Book...
- Beat America
- Revolutionary Matters
- Julius Shulman, Dead at 98
- Reinventing the Pencil
- Frank McCourt, Dead at 78
- Quote of the Week
- Friday's Poem
- Literary Libations
- Neko Case on Her Songwriting Process
- Coming Soon...
- bpi1700
- Meet Today's Newest Literary Stars!
- Writing is a Weapon
- If I Told You, I'd Have to Kill You
- Geeks of the World Have Their Hearts A'Flutter
- How Does Porn Screenwriting Work?
- Give Struggling Authors a Chance
- We Break These Book Reports With An Important Baco...
- The Wilderness of Childhood
- When Comic Book Heroes Grow Old
- Epilogue Books in Ballard
- Quote of the Week
- Reading Obama Books? You are a Threat.
- Top Ten Comic Book Cities
- Friday's Poem
- Library Graffiti at the University of Chicago
- Bad Grammar
- Top Ten Most Absurd Time Magazine Covers
- Fame Beyond the Grave
- Words That Make Us Wince
- Endless Summer Reading List
- Disquieting Bedtime Stories with Mary-Louise Parker
- The Best Kids' Books Ever
- Der Orchideengarten
- Word Birds
- The Dead Sea Scrolls of John Dillinger
- A Brief History of Authors vs. Critics
- Truck on Over to the Library
- The World's Oldest Bible
- One Small Step
- Ten Songs About Print Journalism
- Quote of the Week
- Happy Independence Day Weekend
- Designer Chip Kidd Picks His Favorite Book Covers
- Awful Library Books
- After the Book Plants Seeds in Your Mind...
- Michael Jackson - Book Nerd
- Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast"
- Every Book Collector's Dream Job
- The Essential Adventure Library
- A to Z of Awesomeness
- Ten of the Best Literary Vegetables
- A Rare World
- A Rare World
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1 comment:
I appreciate your condescension in covering these important, though often taboo, topics, Mr. Shipley. And, this way, I can sound erudite when renting porn at the corner store. Double-thanks for that.
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