2009
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How to Destroy the Book: A Guide
Last month Cory Doctorow gave an eloquent and often-amusing speech at the National Reading Summit to an audience of “librarians, educators, publishers, authors and students” called “How to Destroy the Book.” The transcript was published yesterday by the University of…
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Morning Coffee
Wired looks at the fine art of pulpy vhs box art. A handy Christmas facts info-graphic for you. Scienceray wants to talk to you about the Trogon family of birds. I link to this begrudgingly because birds are terrifying. I’ve…
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The Rumpus Review of Up in the Air
Up in the Air is sentimental, but that doesn’t mean it’s simplistic. In fact, the movie plays at some interesting contradictions. It is a genuinely funny movie about genuinely depressing times.
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Appalachian English
Fascinating excerpt on Appalachian English from the documentary film Mountain Talk.
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More About Last Night
Did you manage to miss the December Monthly Rumpus due to a prior engagement, a badly timed break-up, or the simple fact that you, like much of the world, don’t live in the Bay Area? Or were you lucky enough…
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Look at How Much Fun We’re Having
Did you manage to miss the December Monthly Rumpus due to a prior engagement, a badly timed break-up, or the simple fact that you, like much of the world, don’t live in the Bay Area? Or were you lucky enough…
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The Last Book I Loved: Life, Inc.
Although the title of this book would seem to promise another critique of the practices of specific corporations we do business with every day (often for a lack of alternatives), Rushkoff is after much bigger game: Life, Inc. is a…
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Forum-Play
Did you miss Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott on Forum with Michael Krasny this morning? Fear not, you can listen to the excellent interview in its entirety (including when Krasny talks foreplay) here.
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A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #18: Burning Bright
My friend Eric brought me a present from his latest trip to Africa: a margarine-yellow soccer jersey with racy red stripes that slash down from the shoulders.
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Lit Drift’s Free Book Friday
Lit Drift has another Free Book Friday contest coming up. This week they’re giving away a copy of Pasha Malla’s The Withdrawal Method. In the Rumpus review of Malla’s book Jeff Parker writes: “Malla’s stories are a strange assortment of…