http://softskull.com { get lit } Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://softskull.com/rockaway/ http://softskull.com/rockaway/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:21:41 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2867 http://softskull.com/rockaway/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/an-apple-a-day/ http://softskull.com/an-apple-a-day/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:52:34 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2844 http://softskull.com/an-apple-a-day/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/iris-has-free-time/ http://softskull.com/iris-has-free-time/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:52:11 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2841 http://softskull.com/iris-has-free-time/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/approaching-the-future/ http://softskull.com/approaching-the-future/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:51:12 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2838 http://softskull.com/approaching-the-future/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/the-ethical-butcher/ http://softskull.com/the-ethical-butcher/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:37:17 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2829 http://softskull.com/the-ethical-butcher/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/exciting-new-acquisitions/ http://softskull.com/exciting-new-acquisitions/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:20:47 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2810 http://softskull.com/exciting-new-acquisitions/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/winton-steps-down-as-publisher-of-counterpoint-press-soft-skull/ http://softskull.com/winton-steps-down-as-publisher-of-counterpoint-press-soft-skull/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:00:56 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2785 http://softskull.com/winton-steps-down-as-publisher-of-counterpoint-press-soft-skull/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/complication/ http://softskull.com/complication/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:47:23 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2706 http://softskull.com/complication/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/congrats-isaac-adamson/ http://softskull.com/congrats-isaac-adamson/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:00:51 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2705 http://softskull.com/congrats-isaac-adamson/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/probs-the-best-book-trailer-youve-ever-seen-scouts-honor/ http://softskull.com/probs-the-best-book-trailer-youve-ever-seen-scouts-honor/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:56:37 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2686 Fight Song by Joshua Mohr is out next month and we couldn't be more excited! Here's the HILARIOUS book trailer to whet your appetite...]]> http://softskull.com/probs-the-best-book-trailer-youve-ever-seen-scouts-honor/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/dear-dawn/ http://softskull.com/dear-dawn/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:23:05 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2648 Monster, for which Charlize Theron won an Academy Award. But until now, Wuornos’s uncensored voice has never been heard.]]> http://softskull.com/dear-dawn/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/everyone-says-that-at-the-end-of-the-world/ http://softskull.com/everyone-says-that-at-the-end-of-the-world/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:21:05 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2639 Everyone Says That at the End of the World traces the adventures of a ghost-haunted slacker couple expecting their first child, an outrageously arrogant television actor seeking redemption and a prophetic hermit crab on a cross-country quest as they struggle to survive the final four days of life on Earth.]]> http://softskull.com/everyone-says-that-at-the-end-of-the-world/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/more-noms-golden-globes/ http://softskull.com/more-noms-golden-globes/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:49:37 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2615 http://softskull.com/more-noms-golden-globes/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/congratulations-helens/ http://softskull.com/congratulations-helens/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:58:17 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2585 http://softskull.com/congratulations-helens/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/johns-marks-tricks-and-chickenhawks/ http://softskull.com/johns-marks-tricks-and-chickenhawks/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:08:27 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2295 Johns, Marks, Tricks & Chickenhawks: Professionals & Their Clients Writing about Each Other is the follow-up to Hos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys, the groundbreaking anthology that appeared up on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. "Eye-opening, astonishing, brutally honest and frequently funny... unpretentious and riveting — graphic, politically incorrect and mostly unquotable in this newspaper."]]> http://softskull.com/johns-marks-tricks-and-chickenhawks/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/falling-cars-and-junkyard-dogs/ http://softskull.com/falling-cars-and-junkyard-dogs/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:55:55 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2291 http://softskull.com/falling-cars-and-junkyard-dogs/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/fight-song/ http://softskull.com/fight-song/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:50:10 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2287 http://softskull.com/fight-song/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/tripping-with-allah/ http://softskull.com/tripping-with-allah/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:45:06 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2283 Tripping with Allah is a road book, it’s a road book in the tradition of 2001: A Space Odyssey, rather than On the Road. Amazonian shamanism meets Christianity meets West African religion meets Islam in this work of reflection and inward adventure. Knight, the “Hunter S. Thompson of Islamic literature” seeks reconciliation between his Muslim identity and his drinking of ayahuasca, a psychedelic tea that has been used in the Amazon for centuries.]]> http://softskull.com/tripping-with-allah/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/the-pure-cure/ http://softskull.com/the-pure-cure/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:12:14 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2220 The Pure Cure takes readers to a new level of awareness regarding the dangers of the toxins in everyday products and services. Taking a thorough and comprehensive approach, the book guides readers through every room in the house and beyond, identifying problematic toxins and how to eliminate them. The author also points to surprising new areas of concern, makes suggestions for healthy solutions, and provides a lists of products and companies that offer safer alternatives.]]> http://softskull.com/the-pure-cure/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/north-pool/ http://softskull.com/north-pool/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:11:21 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2239 The North Pool is a psychological drama that weaves a timely character study about racial and cultural profiling in America, skillfully using an interrogation to peel away ever more unexpected layers of the characters’ lives...]]> http://softskull.com/north-pool/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/the-past/ http://softskull.com/the-past/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:15:52 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2233 The Past is the story of Rene, this unexpected child, as told by her own child as he searches for the truth about his parents’ mysterious and romantic history. Through the reminiscences of his mother's friend, the pieces of the past begin to fit together into a delicate mosaic of the truth. What really happened in that seaside town? Why does the past seem to hold so many secrets?]]> http://softskull.com/the-past/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/an-intimate-life/ http://softskull.com/an-intimate-life/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:22:31 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2227 An Intimate Life offers a candid look into the personal and professional life of a surrogate partner, examining the cultural and emotional ramifications of pursuing something most people do not immediately understand.]]> http://softskull.com/an-intimate-life/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/alfred-hitchcock-and-the-making-of-psycho/ http://softskull.com/alfred-hitchcock-and-the-making-of-psycho/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:13:56 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2223 Psycho, the forerunner of all psychothrillers. Rebello takes us behind the scenes at the creation of one of cinema’s boldest and most influential films. From Hitchcock’s private files and from new in-depth interviews with the stars, writers, and technical crew we get a unique and unparalleled view of the master at work.]]> http://softskull.com/alfred-hitchcock-and-the-making-of-psycho/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/keyhole-factory/ http://softskull.com/keyhole-factory/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:56:35 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2216 Keyhole Factory tracks the interwoven destinies of disparate characters up to and beyond the end of the world-as-we-know-it, brought on by a global super-virus. Part imaginative free-for-all and part deeply felt examination of isolation and survival, the individual lives in Keyhole Factory shine through the chaos in all their beauty and tragedy.]]> http://softskull.com/keyhole-factory/feed/ 0 http://softskull.com/sea-monkeys/ http://softskull.com/sea-monkeys/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:51:56 +0000 Soft Skull http://softskull.com/?p=2213 Sea Monkeys—the story of his growing up in the counterculture San Francisco Bay Area and central California in the 1960s.]]> http://softskull.com/sea-monkeys/feed/ 0