Gary Howard Memorial Library
‘After the Bell’ best enjoyed after ‘The Last Fall’
The world of wrestling literature is littered with great works of non-fiction. Bertrand Hebert and...
‘VISITORS’ is a beautiful, bloody, transgressive book of photography
At this point, it might go without saying that I'm a fan of trading cards, specifically wrestling...
Book excerpt: Luther Lindsay in the spotlight
Charting the Territories is a unique, data-driven look at pro wrestling in the territorial era...
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New Titus O’Neil book celebrates his greatest title: Dad
In days gone by, professional wrestlers were to fatherhood what Gus Polinski and the Kenosha Kickers were to… well, fatherhood. You watch Home Alone every year, you know the monologue. "We're on the road 48, 49 weeks out of the year, we hardly see our families. Joe...
Trish gets the spotlight, again, in ‘Female Firsts’ book
Women's sports have been enjoying a moment in the sun, with the recent WNBA finals, top-level soccer, and finally having team names for the Professional Women's Hockey League. It's all well deserved but it's simplistic to say it's overdue. They have always been there,...
Retro Review: Ron Hill’s autobiography looks at wrestling outside the big time
The death of Kevin Sullivan brought a million stories of a legendary career spanning decades in the wrestling business. But not every story is a positive one. Take the story of Sullivan's training. According to the press (and Sullivan himself), he was trained by a...
Passion for Stone Cold comes through in ‘Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin’
Wresting and Art are not two words that you normally find co-existing in the same sentence. Often when we talk about wrestling, we focus on the physical, the athleticism and the larger-than-life characters and how well they speak on the mic. Art is – well, it’s...
‘AEW Origins’ comic a missed opportunity
Like so many things that AEW does right now, the AEW Origins comic doesn’t make much sense. What seems to be a one-shot comic is written by veteran Steve Orlando who has had short runs for everyone from DC to Marvel to Dynamite, the imprint not the show. His most...
Windsor wrestling ‘opus’ has a heck of a lot of Detroit too
When one thinks of professional wrestling hotbeds, cities with long historical ties such as New York, Charlotte, Dallas, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago, Memphis, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Detroit all come to mind. Located across from Detroit and on the Canadian...
