Slate press guy vs. hype about newspapers as saviors of democracy
Mencken (photo) loved newspapering. But he did his best to be impervious to the industry ballyhoo, and I think he’d
‘Indignation,’ by Philip Roth: A belated review
Although verbose in places, Indignation is witty and engrossing with wonderful caricatures. I spent time in Northern Ohio eons ago,
Reviews
“Tracing the conscientious reportage of hard-nosed Washington Telegram correspondent Jon Stone, Rothman’s thriller weaves together society gossip, zoning reportage, and
What Epublishers Weekly says about ‘Scandals’
Below are excerpts from Michael Pastore’s review in Epublishers Weekly. “Three things about this novel impressed me. Real settings (D.C.
Like the old whalers
The Solomon Scandals is a little like a novel that a 19th century writer might have written on whaling. In
‘About politics’: Is it or isn’t it? Plus three political novels recced on NPR
All the King’s Men has long been my favorite political novel. But is Robert Penn Warren‘s masterpiece truly about politics?
Home-printed newspapers, 1939 style
See the Nieman Journalism Lab blog, which also mentions more current plans for home printing.
‘Page-turner’? Or ‘page-tapper’? Just what do you call an e-novel you like?
In a review of The Solomon Scandals for the Washington City Paper, Ted Scheinman said, “It’s hard to call an
The IRS as fodder for David Foster Wallace and me
In my little overview of D.C. fiction, I quoted Jeffrey Charis-Carlson, a specialist in this area: "It takes a great
David Rothman at Large 