Archive - Letters of Rec

On the DFW TGI Fridays Being Named the #1 Airport Bar in the Country

Also: reading lists, NonfictioNowing, ottoman thoughts

Jun 13 •

Justin St. Germain

May 2025

“Oh shit, I have a book”: An interview with Karie Fugett, author of Alive Day

Go buy the book! Right now!

May 5 •

Justin St. Germain

April 2025

I cover a class, an LLM covers me, a few new releases

AI did not write this subtitle

Apr 7 •

Justin St. Germain

March 2025

Oscar Documentary Predictions

Also: three great non-nominees, mascot harassment, a doc about rocks

Mar 1 •

Justin St. Germain

January 2025

Oscar docs, pandemic poems, border essays

Also: author bios, Poetry Thoughts, Nonfiction Issues

Jan 31 •

Justin St. Germain

December 2024

A Few Favorites of 2024

hypocrisy and commerce!

Dec 31, 2024 •

Justin St. Germain

Serial and the perils of success

Also: fake documentaries, assignments in the age of AI, I talk about Tombstone on the radio

Dec 3, 2024 •

Justin St. Germain

October 2024

Teaching In Cold Blood (again), trigger warnings, “pornoviolence"

Oct 31, 2024 •

Justin St. Germain

September 2024

how I became a true crime professor, colonial crime stories, more recommendations

Sep 30, 2024 •

Justin St. Germain

August 2024

Unpacking My Library

Also: bad times at my old workplace, a new essay, why I'm anti-list, Shoah, hometown movies, etc

Aug 28, 2024 •

Justin St. Germain

June 2024

Stacks on Stacks on Stacks

Also: Walter Benjamin's Illuminations, the Apu trilogy, a brief hiatus

Jun 10, 2024 •

Justin St. Germain

May 2024

Cactus Country, vibes novels, documentary binging

Also: basketball injuries and a little thanatology

May 7, 2024 •

Justin St. Germain

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