LURID: Beach Blanket Boogeymen

Column by Karina Wilson July 3, 2012 (2) comments
Packing for your long-dreamed-about summer vacay? You might want to take heed of some of these cautionary reads before you get on the plane.

Why I'd Rather Be Unpublished Than Considered "Beach Reading"

Column by Hanna Brooks Olsen June 20, 2012 (8) comments
Booksellers are busy moving their best prose to the back of the store, and setting up displays of colorful paperbacks that have been categorized in a most offensive way: "beach reading."

LURID: Jaws - Back In The Water

Column by Karina Wilson May 29, 2012 (5) comments
Happy Memorial Day! Now's as good a time as any to start thinking about your beach reads for the lazy days of summer 2012. So Lurid takes another look at the much-maligned 1970s bestseller, 'Jaws.'