Book Review

Trish gets the spotlight, again, in ‘Female Firsts’ book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 17, 2024 | Featured Home Page, Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

Women’s sports have been enjoying a moment in the sun, with the recent WNBA finals,...

Retro Review: Ron Hill’s autobiography looks at wrestling outside the big time

Posted by Cory Santos | Nov 16, 2024 | Featured Home Page, Gary Howard Memorial Library

The death of Kevin Sullivan brought a million stories of a legendary career spanning decades in...

Passion for Stone Cold comes through in ‘Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin’

Posted by Gina Femia | Nov 3, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Wresting and Art are not two words that you normally find co-existing in the same sentence. Often...

Windsor wrestling ‘opus’ has a heck of a lot of Detroit too

Posted by Todd Denault | Oct 17, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When one thinks of professional wrestling hotbeds, cities with long historical ties such as New...

Translated ‘Kings of Wrestling’ a major contribution to wrestling history

Posted by Nathan Hatton | Sep 8, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

If your reading goes a little further afield than wrestling history to include ‘aligned’ interests...

Sarah Rowe’s ‘From the Farm to Our Table’ proves to be re-readable

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 6, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By CALAMITY KATE – For SlamWrestling.net Since giving birth to my son, Van, over two years...

Part 1 of Steve Keirn’s story compelling and emotional

Posted by Caleb Smith | Aug 17, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Steve Keirn and Ian Douglass have formed a “fabulous” tag team for a well-written and...

‘Tod is God’ a revealing look at ECW

Posted by Adam Bazzana | Aug 5, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

You would expect a book written about the origins of a company revered for its violence and...

‘One Fall To A Finish’ finishes trilogy on British wrestling

Posted by Steve Swift | Jul 24, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

“Harry Potter!” That’s what I remember first about Greg Lambert. The chant that rang...

‘Sumo Libre’ the mash-up you didn’t know you needed

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 19, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Children’s picture books have to be colorful, engaging, and re-readable. They also generally...

Rousey’s ‘Our Fight’ might be best book on WWE’s machinations yet

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 15, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

By now, a lot of the more salacious and condemning aspects of Ronda Rousey’s second...

‘Dramatic Dreams’ a deep dive into wacky world of DDT Pro-Wrestling

Posted by Alex Podgorski | Jun 20, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

First the DDT was a pesticide. Then it became a finishing move for Jake “The Snake” Roberts (and...

Ken Patera’s book is weighty and ribald

Posted by Caleb Smith | Jun 18, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

Ken Patera is a unique figure in the microcosm of professional wrestling. He seems to always be...

Starer’s ‘Total Suplex of the Heart’ draws on personal experiences

Posted by Josh Olsen | Jun 12, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Joanne Starer, creator of the comic book The Gimmick, “a Coen Brothers–style dark comedy” set in...

‘What Happened to Our Wrestling?’ flawed but insightful

Posted by Thomas Starr | Jun 5, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If you are a listener to Jim Cornette’s podcasts, you have heard of — and from —...

Retro review: WWE’s ‘Big Apple Takedown’ will leave the reader puzzled

Posted by Jonathan Plombon | Jun 1, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Professional wrestlers aren’t just professional wrestlers. Their skills and talents extend beyond...

Wrestling subplot to ‘Victory Parade’ only part of ‘gorgeous, heartbreaking book’

Posted by Josh Olsen | May 27, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Victory Parade is a striking new book written and drawn by the Eisner Award-nominated painter,...

Book looking at legal side of pro wrestling a long time coming

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | May 17, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Working with SlamWrestling.net gives me the opportunity to read and review books. It’s one of my...

Retro review: Matysik’s ‘Drawing Heat the Hard Way’ has value to today’s bookers

Posted by Thomas Starr | May 13, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Larry Matysik’s third book, Drawing Heat the Hard Way: How Wrestling Really Works, includes a...

Adrian Adonis biography both tough and flowery

Posted by Arin De Castro | Apr 19, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The first-ever biography of former WWF and AWA tag champion ‘Adorable’ Adrian Adonis,...

‘Macho Man’ biography a ‘let down’

Posted by Todd Denault | Apr 12, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I must admit to feeling a little bit spoiled by the last couple of wrestling biographies that I’ve...

‘The Six Pack’ a fun read on ’80s wrestling nostalgia

Posted by Josh Olsen | Apr 2, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

In 2015, Brad Balukjian opened a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, then he “embarked on a quest...

‘Club Kick Out!’ a delightful, colorful graphic novel

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 23, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With a kid who is about to leave for university, there are just less opportunities for me...

‘Pro Wrestling Erasure Poems’ an emotional slobberknocker

Posted by Josh Olsen | Mar 17, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The subgenre of wrestling poetry, or poetry about wrestling, is a thriving art. Books such as...

‘Ballyhoo!’ centers on Jack Curley but tells a bigger, important tale

Posted by Cory Santos | Feb 11, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I’m a sucker for wrestling history books and especially those that focus on the key...

Rafi Kohan’s ‘Trash Talk’ highlights wittiest, grittiest smack talkers

Posted by Amos Mina | Jan 21, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

A great rivalry can make any sport more entertaining. As a die-hard fan of mixed martial arts,...

June Byers bio a ‘robust history of her life and career’

Posted by Gina Femia | Jan 10, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I’ll be the first to admit that, compared to most, I’m a newer wrestling fan. I only came to the...

Author Sheldon Goldberg takes ‘The Last Fall’

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Dec 11, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

After facing some serious health issues after the 2022 Cauliflower Alley Club (CAC) reunion, not...

Poems in ‘The Perfect Bastard’ a ‘love letter to wrestling’

Posted by Gina Femia | Nov 28, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When poet Quinn Carver Johnson started studying gender in college, they realized that “Wrestling...

‘The He-Man Effect’ not about wrestling but it sure applies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 18, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Not Another Collectible!

Brian “Box” Brown is no stranger to professional wrestling (or this site). He’s...

‘Alondra’ an impactful YA book, written by an unlikely fan

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 21, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

At first glance, you might not think that Gina Femia would be a wrestling fan. Femia is a...

Trump the draw, but ‘Power Players’ presides on the bookshelf

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 16, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Wrestling fans that run across Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency at...

Dropkick Murphy’s ‘Legendary Life’ about far more than wrestling

Posted by Cory Santos | Jul 6, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When I first heard of the book Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life, I was excited, as being a native...

Rowell is back with a Sheik compilation

Posted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | May 22, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Gary “G.J.” Rowell is back with a compilation of three previous books, largely about Edward...

Berry provides a quality stop to ‘Wrestleville Volume 2’

Posted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Feb 12, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Vinny Berry’s Wrestleville: Where Wrestling Lives Volume 2 is exactly the kind of book that needs...

Passion, effort shines through in Charting the Territories

Posted by Sammy Kiss | Feb 7, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

As a 12-year-old kid, my first glimpse of professional wrestling came with weekly editions of WWE...

George Gordienko finally has his day with great biography

Posted by Cory Santos | Dec 20, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Artistic Canvas

George Gordienko might very well be the greatest wrestler you have never heard of. As an American...

Justin Credible’s book totally relatable

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Dec 15, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Time was, if you were a professional wrestling fan with a desire to read about your heroes, your...

Foye’s book offers fantastic insight Into Keiji Muto’s many faces

Posted by Alex Podgorski | Nov 14, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With Keiji Muto being in wrestling news of late, fans of his have a golden opportunity to read...

Scholarly approach to lucha libre films a touch dry

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 6, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

At its best, lucha libre is incredibly colorful, vibrant, with the audience pulsating and the...

Hell is a Squared Circle an impressive wrestling noir comic book

Posted by Josh Olsen | Oct 16, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

“Is wrestling noir a genre? It is now!” That’s what it says on the back cover of Hell is a Squared...

Gorman picks WWF’s MVPs until 2002 in ‘King of New York’

Posted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Oct 15, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

King of New York: Who Was the MVP of the World Wrestling Federation? is a 2022 effort by...

TAJIRI brings insightful lessons on wrestling in new book

Posted by Alex Podgorski | Sep 21, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Few people have the ability to become pro wrestlers; fewer still can become successful in that...

Gewirtz’s book an honest look at WWE’s creative process

Posted by Todd Denault | Sep 6, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It is impossible to overstate the impact that the advent and all-consuming popularity of the...

The Territories anthology is ‘wild, unruly, and a little unhinged’

Posted by Josh Olsen | Sep 4, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The Territories: Volume One, co-edited by Chad Dundas and Jonathan Snowden is a shared world...

Greenberg’s Follow the Buzzards ‘a thorough, engaging, fast read’

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Aug 31, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

In Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19, author Keith Elliot Greenberg...

The Crimson Cage & Do A Power Bomb worthy new comic books

Posted by Josh Olsen | Aug 7, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

In the days leading up to and since the release of the first issue of Daniel Warren Johnson’s Do A...

‘How to be a Mark’ doesn’t quite hit its mark

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jul 3, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If you’re like me and will read pretty much anything, you fall into certain bad habits. One such...

‘Living the Gimmick’ a bloody, breakneck novel

Posted by Josh Olsen | May 30, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Rest in peace to Ray Wilder, who was gunned down in cold blood outside of a bar belonging to his...

Mox: It’s not just another wrestling book

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 15, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Some stream of consciousness thoughts on Mox, the fall 2021 memoir from Jon Moxley, since that is...

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