Dave Cullen's Blog
Dave Cullen
- Location
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Birthday
- June 03
- Title
- Author/Journalist
- Company
- Written for NY Times, W Post, Slate, Salon, Daily Beast. Publisher Twelve (Hachette)
- Bio
- And expanded paperback edition of my book COLUMBINE came out March 1, 2010.
Links to the book and my bio below:
http://davecullen.com/columbine.htm
MY RECENT POSTS
- The best I've ever read on
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
May 26, 2010 06:36PM - Adventures in radio and middle
school
May 17, 2010 01:26PM - Hearing my name at the Edgar
Awards
April 30, 2010 12:02AM - Thinking of all you Columbine
survivors today
April 20, 2010 12:13PM - Made it to Virginia without
being kidnapped
March 17, 2010 11:18AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “thanks,
guys.
it was such a
powerful piece.”
May 26, 2010 07:25PM - “The kids definitely got
me revved up. My brain just
could
have used a bit more
ox…”
May 18, 2010 12:05PM - “thanks, doug.”
May 17, 2010 04:10PM - “Thanks,
Kathy.
The book tour
has been packed with great
little stories. I
wish
I…”
May 17, 2010 01:40PM - “I forgot how to make pix
integrate w/ the paragraphs.
Anyone
know?”
May 17, 2010 01:35PM
Dave Cullen's Links
- My Book
- My Author Q&A on GoodReads June 10-24
- Book Trailer
- Columbine
- About Me
- The Columbine Guide
- Bio
- TV/Radio podcasts
- Stories (Slate, Salon, NY Times)
- Book Tour Schedule
- Books & Authors
- My Friends' Books & Trailers
- Largehearted Boy
- David Yoo
- Twelve
- Holt Uncensored
- GoodReads
- LibraryThing
- Shelfari
- Politics
- Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard
- Eschatonblog (Atrios)
- TalkLeft
- InstaPundit
- HuffingtonPost
- Andrew Sullivan
- Vodka Pundit
- Frank Rich
- David Brooks
- Joan Walsh
- Exploring/Adventure
- Rolf Potts' Vagabonding
- Faith, Belief, Spirituality
- Beliefnet
- Real Live Preacher
- Wendy Murray
- Funny
- Rabbit Blog
- Margaret Cho's Blog
- Savage Love
- The Onion
- Today's Snowman
- . . . Damned, Dirty Ape (Larry Doyle)
- Film, TV, Pop Culture
- The Will Leitch Experience
- Seth Stevenson's Ad Report Card
- Carina Chocano
- Heather Havrilesky
- BoingBoing
- Very Short List
- David Carr
- The Carpetbagger
- David Edelstein
- Journalism & Media
- Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
- Romenesko
- Life & Culture
- Towerload
- PageOneQ
- Gawker
- Radar
- Joe.My.God.
- AmericaBlog
- Susie Bright's Journal
- BeaucoupKevin.com
- Defamer
- The Ultimate Brokeback Forum
- This American Life
The best I've ever read on Don't Ask, Don't Tell
In the early 00's, I spent six months of my life on a story for Salon about three closeted gay army officers (part 1, part 2). It was the best story I'd ever done, and it won a GLAAD Media Award. It pales in comparison… Read full post »
Adventures in radio and middle school
Friday was a roller coaster.
I woke up early after a late night doing an event at
DePaul and then dinner with old friends. I drove out to Navy Pier
on Lake Michigan to do Chicago NPR station WBEZ's morning show
"Eight Forty-Eight." I was booked… Read full post »
Hearing my name at the Edgar Awards
It was very cool to hear my name announced at the Egars tonight.
I had just about convinced myself I wouldn't hear it--back and
forth, second by second. I didn't know what to think.
A few minutes before my category came up, my agent asked how I was
doing, and I… Read full post »
Thinking of all you Columbine survivors today
Last year I didn't write a piece on the tenth anniversary,
because it was a little overwhelming, and didn't feel up to
capturing it all. So today, I'm aiming more modestly.
I have made so many friends in the Columbine community over the
last eleven years. There are… Read full post »
Made it to Virginia without being kidnapped
It has been so crazy that as the plane touched down in Richmond,
I wondered how I was going to get out of the airport.
I was sure a ride had been arranged, but I had no name or number,
or info on where or how they were to find me. Mostly… Read full post »
At the Discover Awards--& taking the sucker home! Haha
It wasn't the Oscars, but it was my first shot on the hotseat at a big awards ceremony: Barnes & Noble's 2009 Discover Awards.* And it was Park Avenue, there were lots of book luminaries, and I did wear a tie.
And it was fun! And interesting and enriching in all… Read full post »
How to launch a paperback? My expanded edition of COLUMBINE
Here's the scary bit: my paperback launches this week, and I have no clue what I should be doing. I have almost no idea what makes a paperback hit. And it seems eerily quiet.
I spent 20 years learning how publishers launched hardcovers. I still feel like a beginner there,… Read full post »
Live earthquake reports from my niece in Chile
My niece is a Notre Dame college student on an exchange program in Chile. She arrived there three weeks ago. I just got this message from my sister, who said it was OK to use, without the names. So I am going to use initials, calling my niece C.… Read full post »
NYC teachers/parents: I can speak to your school next week
This is REALLY late notice, I know. It's been crazy here, and I
will be in NYC for the Discover Awards ceremony next week.
I have done many school assemblies, and normally get an honorarium,
but since I'm there with my expenses already paid, and promoting
the book . . .
IF YOUR… Read full post »

I was shaken up when I watched the footage of kids fleeing Deer Creek Middle School near Columbine Tuesday, after an adult opened fire. God. It was just like watching the kids at Columbine again.
Obviously, I'm not the only one to feel that way, and there are… Read full post »
"The Last Columbine Mystery"--Eric's parents speak
This is news I have wanted to report for awhile now. I wanted to get it right, though, and then had to wait for the paperback publication of my book.
It's adapted from one part of the Afterword in expanded paperback edition (which will be in most bookstores by Monday).
The… Read full post »
Something unusual happened in Alabama Friday afternoon. A woman committed mass murder.
That's the opening of a piece I wrote late last night for The Daily Beast. It's their lead story right now.
I am really tired now, because I spent a good chunk of the night writing it. I heard… Read full post »
I'm halfway through the episode, tempting to call it even more boring than expected, but that would be hyperbole. It's pretty much as boring as my low expectations, and a little more annoying.
(This morning's post on why the season was doomed here.)
The one surprise was watching Dimples drone… Read full post »
I love Survivor from the start. But after seven seasons, just as it was wearing thin, producer Mark Burnett made his first huge blunder: Survivor All Stars.
Awful. It was quickly apparent how surprisingly uninteresting the contestants were. They appear so interesting on the show, because the s… Read full post »
Claire Danes is everywhere. About time.
She blew me away in My So-Called Life when she was what 15 or
14. i assumed she would be huge, fast.
But she herself got cast in a lot of prestige pix that never went
anywhere. How long has it been--15 years?
"Temple Grandin" may finally be here second breakout role. That… Read full post »
It's cold in here--48 degrees in my living room
I have to whisper, because there are Asian men in my apartment. I have closed myself off into the bedroom and don't want them to hear me. It's still warm in here, but they are coming in soon.
This is my living room and balcony:
I'm not going nuts this… Read full post »
Appalling Project Runway episode
i'm halfway thru the ep, and obsessed with the idea of jesus
getting booted. that's partly because i WANT to see his sorry ass
out of there, and because i expect him to go soon.
he screams poser to me every time his lips move. he is also
enraptured with every move… Read full post »
B&N announces Discover Award finalists--including COLUMBINE
I dropped into a Barnes & Noble yesterday to sign stock, and picked up their new Discover Great New Writers pamphlet, which just came out yesterday. I gaped when I saw the centerfold. (Third pic from the right made me happy.)
My editor had emailed the news that I… Read full post »
Popeyes: they always fuck you at the drive-thru
Damn, I love the greasy, unhealthy spicy chicken at Popeyes.
Once or twice a month I treat myself to a nastyass greaseball meal
after a tough workout. And more than half the time they screw up
the order. And it's a really basic order.
I'm pissed at myself for not checking. But… Read full post »
Congratulations to nominees of the National Book Critics ...
The list was announced tonight. Let's start with the elephant since it's my blog, and I can guess what you're wondering: No, I didn't make the cut. But I'm impressed by the great writers who did.
I love this award, and the choices they have made year after year. It's a… Read full post »
My little bit for Haiti: a donation for each book
I've been trying to figure out what I can do, and here's what I came up with:
For the next week, anyone who orders my book I'll donate my share of the proceeds ($4), and match it with my own donation, to the Red Cross for Haiti. That's just $8 per… Read full post »
No news in January?
This is like the fourth day in a row that the lead story on NBC
News morning and night has been It's Cold Outside! Yeah, I can
tell. What does yet another taped report of tiny vignettes from
around the country do me?
The most annoying part is the reporters trying… Read full post »
Authors have been getting screwed on ebook royalties, and it's likely to get much worse. Publishers fear they are going to get screwed by Amazon once it has a choke hold.
Finally, they are both pushing back. A flurry of activity in the last week:
Christmas presents: inscribed COLUMBINE & other suggestions
OK, this post is just flat-out commercial, but useful plugs, maybe, so . . .
I'm working with my wonderful local indie bookstore to get out autographed and personally-inscribed copies of COLUMBINE for Christmas presents.
Just let us know who it's for and any information about them or your relationsh… Read full post »
Surprises on NY Times Ten Best Books List
The New York Times Book Review announced its Ten Best list about eight minutes ago. (Not that I was watching or anything. Haha. No, I didn't make it.)
There were some surprises there, and several books I can't wait to read.
For me, the biggest, and happiest surprise was seeing Jonathan… Read full post »
Dave Cullen's Favorites
Updates
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The Way To A Woman's Heart Is Through Her Stomach
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Szechuan Meat Sauce Noodles a la Yenching
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Dear Amazon: Ideas for the Next Kindle
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101 days of spilling oil and losing hope
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My Mad Men Days with Chelsea Clinton's New In-Laws
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Documentary Film - Out in the Silence
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Chelsea, I Still Haven't Received My Invitation!
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Oh No! People Might Read This!

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