New book on Japanese women’s wrestling an intriguing read
Professional wrestling hasn’t gotten all that much attention from the academic community. While...
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Novel ‘The World Belongs to Jane & Me’ has shades of Adrian Street
A young Welshman, Johnny “The Kid” Arnold, seeks an escape from a life in the coal...
Mat Matters: We will miss you, Jamie Hemmings
She was only 43, and we were friends for 20 of those. I only just learned the truly gutting news...
Book excerpt: Hooray For Hollywood!: The True Story Of The Original GLOW Girl
Let’s call it a tease … somehow that feels appropriate. Jeanne Basone, who was...
Book Excerpt: Wrestling Rings, Blackboards, and Movie Sets
Evan Ginzburg, a seasoned professional with over 30 years in film, radio, and TV, is the Senior...
Mat Matters: Considering wrestling’s environmental impact
I recently got the chance to talk to author Erin Silver about her book In It To Win It: Sports and...
Niagara sensei moonlights as wrestler and author
The book Life as an Art: Paint Your Picture with Your Passion, released in 2022, tells the story...
The odd women’s wrestling storyline in 1946’s Ella Cinders strip
Despite writing about pro wrestling for more than 35 years now, there are still times where I...
Book excerpt: VERNE: Inside & Outside the Ropes
EDITOR’S NOTE: Brian Ferguson’s book on Verne Gagne, VERNE: Inside & Outside the...
‘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...
Hebner autobiography pulls out a victory
Despite being a business cloaked in layers of secrecy so thick that comparisons to underground...
Slam Speaks: Memories of Jamie Hemmings
The death of our SlamWrestling.net colleague Jamie Melissa Hemmings is more than a fitting reason...
Barry Horowitz book deserves a pat on the back
One of the perks of writing for SlamWrestling.net is that I sometimes get to review books about...
Stardom book Chases the Dream
As Japanese women’s wrestling or “joshi” grows and becomes a bigger part of mainstream pro...
Family shines light on Curtis Iaukea in new book
Curtis Iaukea was one of the most legendary professional wrestlers produced by the state of Hawaii. Athletic, eloquent, erudite and possessing a forehead like a World War I battlefield, whether wrestling as Prince Kuhio, Prince...
Pat Rose’s book leaves you on the hook
The Ring To The Reel: The Pat Rose Story is a quick read, at just under 100 pages not including...
Karrion Kross book coming next summer
WWE star Karrion Kross announced that he has finished writing his book, and that it will be out in...
Mat Matters: Discovering and rediscovering Jim Londos
Jim Londos was a modern-day Jason. Lovers of Greek mythology recall that Jason was an...
Book Excerpt: Books, Balls, & Squirrel Paws: My 30 Years in Education
EDITOR’S NOTE: After more than 30 years publishing the Ring Around the Northwest newsletter,...
‘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...
