2009
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What to Read
Laura Miller, staff writer at Salon as well as a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review, has come out with a new feature called What to Read. Salon’s not doing away with it’s exceptional book coverage, from…
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Notable New York, This Week 12/14 – 12/20
This week in New York, lit mags The Faster Times, The Rumpus, Gigantic and Open City throw holiday parties, James Gallery holds Pornography in the City panel, Nick Flynn and Joseph Fasano read at Projection, LDM holds Holiday Episode, Stephen…
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Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #15
Where did I put my car keys, Doug? All this NyQuil’s gonna kick in soon, so I’m taking off. Gotta try and outrun this nap. More.
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Zak Smith’s Top Three Books of the Year
Rumpus contributor Zak Smith has made known his top three books of the year over at HTMLGIANT. Smith’s picks are a delightfully eclectic mix: The Original of Laura by Nabokov (a fragmented, not meant to be published, unfinished novel), Ugly…
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Morning Coffee
But how was YOUR weekend? News from the 80’s: Cocaine kills bear. Same faces, two different ages, spliced together at the middle. These are really creepy towards the end. In case you didn’t know, it’s Christmas shopping season. These books…
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The Rumpus Interview with Peter Hughes of The Mountain Goats
“Why should only famous people be famous? Fuck that! Fame for all! Even if it’s just the tiniest bit (which turns out to be the perfect amount).”
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Zines Have Their Own Wiki
I’m as enthralled by, addicted to and dependent on the Internet as anyone, but a part of me is nostalgic for something that is still being made by hand, with paper and ink and imperfect binding: the zine. I think…
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The Splinter Generation in LA with Kate Durbin, Lisbeth Prifogle, and More
The Splinter Generation will be celebrating the official completion of the transformation of the journal from a one-time compilation to an ongoing literary journal on Wednesday December 16, 2009 at Avenue 50 Studio at 131 N. Avenue 50 in Highland…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
With the year winding down, the book blogs have been ablaze with your typical speculations about the best of this and that. But perhaps there are less obvious threads out there if we only knew where to look. . .…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Review Supplement
Greetings my fellow aesthetes, epicurians, book junkies and all around fine people! I’m back in the Sunday guest side-car for today and next week while our legendary Seth Fischer prepares to graduate!
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SMALL POTATOES: Kidding
Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …