Letters of Rec
by Justin St. GermainLetters of Rec
About the Substack
Monthly posts from a nonfiction & true crime professor about what I'm reading, watching, and listening to.
About Justin St. Germain
I'm the author of two books, the memoir Son of a Gun and a book-length essay about Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, and an associate professor at Oregon State, where I teach nonfiction and true crime.
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Notes from a Small Press
Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.
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Alive Day Newsletter
Reflections on current events, updates on my forthcoming memoir, Alive Day, behind-the-scenes writing insights, Q&As, book and essay recommendations, scenes that didn’t make it into the book, and more.
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