Author Archives: Sean Beaudoin

About Sean Beaudoin

Sean Beaudoin (@seanbeaudoin) is the author of five novels, including The Infects and Wise Young Fool. His new short story collection, Welcome Thieves, is just out with Algonquin Books.

Point/Counterpoint: Sean Beaudoin v. Jessica Anya Blau

Take a front row seat for this exciting, no-holds-barred game of style and wit, in which eight topics of the day are parsed, thrust, and parried as you listen to the intellectual steel clang! Continue reading

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Raw Book Reviews by the Restlessly Deceased: Raymond Carver on Molly Ringwald

During each installment of this regular and beloved feature, a new book is reviewed from beyond the grave by a restless author of yore. This week, Raymond Carver paints a cathedral for Molly Ringwald’s “When it Happens to You.” Continue reading

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Zombie: is there any other place you’d rather be?

Wherein Sean Beaudoin talks about the sociological effect of deep biter culture. And also being thoroughly dead. Continue reading

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Point/Counterpoint: Sean Beaudoin v. Jonathan Evison

Take a front row seat for this exciting, no-holds-barred game of style and wit, in which eight topics of the day are parsed, thrust, and parried as you listen to the intellectual steel clang! Continue reading

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Raw Book Reviews by the Restlessly Deceased: Charles Bukowski on Martin Amis

During each installment of this regular and beloved feature, a new book is reviewed from beyond the grave by a restless author of yore. This week, Charles Bukowski dirty old mans Martin Amis’s “Lionel Asbo.” Continue reading

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The Most Patriotic Thing a Republican Can Do This Year

Wherein Sean Beaudoin skin-dives into the Republican mind and finds not only a trove of glimmering pearls, but a vibrant reef of common ground. Continue reading

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Raw Book Reviews by the Restlessly Deceased: Christopher Hitchens on Mitch Albom

This week, Christopher Hitchens applies a full Mother Theresa to Mitch Albom’s “The Five People You Meet in Heaven.” Continue reading

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