A manager gets transferred, a regular meets a girl, and a tightly-held secret about commuting.| big reader bad grades
This weekend, thanks to a shoutout in "The Substack Post," one of my articles got tens of thousands of views.| big reader bad grades
The childrens' author, now in his 80s, resists one accusation above others. Where the walnuts went. Louis Sachar's first book for adults.| big reader bad grades
What Gore Vidal, Coolio, Weird Al and other great minds struggle with.| big reader bad grades
On John Le Carre, Thanksgiving stitches, "The Phantom Menace" and other coded missives.| big reader bad grades
On J.D. Salinger, tonsillitis, and doing the work.| bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
Thanks for reading Big Reader Bad Grades!| big reader bad grades
Astronauts, Meryl Streep, pervert fish and other notable tooters.| big reader bad grades
In which two powerless adults scramble for authority.| big reader bad grades
Dealing with last-minute shoppers and seeing yourself reflected in the algorithm.| big reader bad grades
Selfies, spouses, pets and apple pie.| big reader bad grades
Getting back to the chronological readthrough!| bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
Reading John Le Carré, the difference between Hulk's and Ozzy's reality shows.| big reader bad grades
Denise S. Robbins's ambitious debut is hard to review, cuz of it's scope, so we can just talk about the gist.| big reader bad grades
In which two neighbors in two different places pull guns.| big reader bad grades
The right way to be wrong and how to fail upward (with sympathy).| big reader bad grades
Shteygart and Cornwell and Amis oh my.| bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
On finishing the Danielewski profile, reading Sam Kahn's new serial, and learning about Stallone| bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
Snapshots about writers and writing, books and reading them, culture in general and the retail job that stifles it all.| bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
A slower output this week, last week, and probably next week as I work on drafting another lengthy author profile for Metropolitan Review; meanwhile here’s a quick note about something I noticed on Substack recently.| bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
A review of Daniel Falatko's 2025 novel, and some notes on Substack's self-published author scene.| bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
The author of "Political Currents" discusses his new novel.| bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com
