Nina's Summer Reruns
Summer is a great time to catch up on or revisit all of Nina's Much Ado About Publishing columns. They range from instructive to insightful, from outraged to pee-in-your-pants funny. You'll enjoy them all, but please don't pee in the pool!
The End of the World...or Your Money Back
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With the corporate sponsorship of a subway station in New York, can corporate sponsorships of books be far behind?
Viagra presents The Idiot's Guide to Foreplay
Tylenol presents Grandma's Favorite Chopped Liver Recipes
Citicorp presents Don't Jump Out the Window Without Your Golden Parachute
Midnight Snack: The Ambien Sleep-Eating Cookbook
The St. James Bible: Hell's Angels Edition*
Trojan presents The Octomom's Guide to Getting Your Kids on TV
Nike presents A Quitter Never Wins: Sarah Palin's Guide to Sports Metaphors
Exxon Mobil presents Chicken Soup for the Gassy Soul
Coca-Cola presents The Joys of ADD
Fox News Network presents 101 Ways to Get Around the First Amendment*
The Disney Guide to Building a Better Mousetrap
Cough up a Lung: Yoga Breathing the Marlboro Way
Virgin Airlines' Guide to Legal Nevada Brothels
Depends presents The Politician's Guide to Crapping in Your Pants*
Afrin Nasal Spray presents Blame Fame: The Michael Jackson Story
Smirnoff Vodka presents Waving at Russia: The Sarah Palin One-Page Guide to Foreign Policy
Prozac presents Shoot Out at the Not OK Corral*
Privacy No More: The Facebook Guide to Living in a Glass Bubble
The Best of the Macy's Armageddon Day Parades, Volume I
The McDonald's McDictionary: Supersized Edition
Running Out of Time: The Rolex Guide to Hospice Care
Revlon & Purina present Makeup Tips for a Real Dog
* Special thanks to my old friend, Marla Green, (a long-time New Yorker), for the brainstorming session and her contributions, in particular, to the titles noted with an asterisk. She thinks that selling corporate naming rights to subway stops is pretty silly, too.
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Nina L. Diamond is a journalist, essayist, and the author of Voices of Truth: Conversations with Scientists, Thinkers & Healers. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Omni, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and The Miami Herald.
Ms. Diamond was a writer and performer on Pandemonium, the National Public Radio (NPR) satirical humor program, for its entire run in Miami and select markets nationwide from 1984-1998. As an editor, she works frequently with other authors and journalists on both fiction and non-fiction.