Michael Sharp
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Michael Sharp teaches English at Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY. He is the creator of the crossword blog "Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle" and the vintage paperback blog "Pop Sensation." He has written crossword puzzles for the New York Times, L.A. Times, and Wall Street Journal, and is currently writing a book on crossword culture in the digital age.

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'Take A Lesbian To Lunch' And Other Great Pulp Novel Covers (PHOTOS)

Posted August 26, 2011 | 09:21:04 (EST)

My "Pop Sensation" blog is dedicated to celebrating the beauty, absurdity and unintentional hilarity of mid-20th-century paperback cover art. I started collecting old paperbacks in grad school- it was my preferred form of dissertation procrastination. I read Robert Polito's bio of Jim Thompson in the fall of 1995...

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