On Writing | Matthew Dicks

I hate the Red Sox, but I love these guys

By Matthew Dicks | July 6, 2012 |

I’m listening to the book Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stephen King and Stuart O’Nan. It’s essentially a double-entry journal that chronicles the Red Sox for one season. It’s full of traditional journal entries, email exchanges, summaries of phone calls between the two men, and recollections of…

Ranking Stephen King’s 62 books: Some minor quibbling on my part

By Matthew Dicks | May 21, 2012 |

Vulture recently ranked Stephen King’s 62 books. Not an easy task, and overall, I think they did a surprisingly good job. I have read all but one of King’s books (see below), and despite the excellence of Vulture’s rankings, I would like to quibble a bit about a few of their decisions. First and foremost,…