Chris McGinley

Chris McGinley

@mcginley.bsky.social

Author: ONCE THESE HILLS and COAL BLACK. https://www.chris-mcginley.com/ Writer at Crimereads, Mystery Tribune, Reckon Review, etc.

1,403 Followers 361 Following 65 Posts Joined Aug 2023
6 months ago
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About to commence the last in the Dreiser trilogy. Who’s a fan?

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6 months ago

Thanks pal

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6 months ago

Thanks pal

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1 year ago

Thanks, pal.

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1 year ago

Thanks, pal!

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1 year ago

Thanks, friend

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1 year ago

Many thanks! 💙

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1 year ago
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Incredibly excited about this!

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1 year ago

Stoked to appear on @jeffcircle.bsky.social’s excellent The Writer’s Dossier!

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1 year ago
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Excellent conversation with @browneallover.bsky.social !

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1 year ago

Check THIS out, Lexingtonians!

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1 year ago
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Rick Childers on Writing Rural Noir With a Sense of Love Not long ago I shared a table at the Kentucky Book Festival with Appalachian novelist Rick Childers, author of the excellent Turkeyfoot (Shotgun Honey Books, 2024.)  At such events, it’s always goo…

Check out my @crimereads.bsky.social interview with novelist and press mate Rick Childers.
@shotgunhoney.com

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1 year ago
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Stoked about this event!

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1 year ago
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"They All Fall the Same" Represents The Height of The Rural Noir Crime writer Chris McGinley takes a close look at the rural noir novel They All Fall the Same by Wes Browne.

My review of @browneallover.bsky.social ’s fine new novel in Mystery Tribune.

mysterytribune.com/they-all-fal...

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1 year ago
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Schatzberg is king.

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1 year ago
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Enormous thanks to Joseph Beth Booksellers for supporting my book. I found over 20 copies there, conspicuously placed in FICTION and LOCAL. I signed 'em all. Go getcha one! Much love, JB.

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1 year ago
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Delighted to attend @browneallover.bsky.social ’s
book launch tonight. Read THEY ALL FALL THE SAME in two sittings. Look for my forthcoming review. A fantastic page turner. Thanks to host Joseph Beth and Crystal Wilkinson. Other notables there, too! See photos.

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1 year ago
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1 year ago

KAINTUCK!
Thanks @joshaboldt.bsky.social

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1 year ago
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Intrigued by these two. Have read Adams’ EDUCATION OF H.A. , but not DEMOCRACY. Never read RH. Anyone have opinions?

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1 year ago
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So cool to be invited to Berea College and to speak at their Loyal Jones Appalachia Center about some “forgotten titles” of App. literature. Thanks especially to my host: novelist, press mate and friend, Rick Childers. @shotgunhoney.com

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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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Loved this story of Florida pioneer life, equal parts potboiler and ode to the natural world . . . a place fast slipping away to development. (Cool edition with an annotated list of “cracker westerns” and other Florida literary confections.)

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1 year ago

Thanks, pal.

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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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Delighted to appear on the excellent podcast CRIME TIME FM, in which I talk about my novel and Appalachian literature, among other things. Link in comments.

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1 year ago
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Beauty.

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1 year ago

Thanks for including me, Frank!

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1 year ago

Very cool

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1 year ago
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Excited about this forthcoming interview!

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