2009
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In Afghanistan with The Walrus
Aren’t pleasant surprises great? Especially when they are a bright spot in the otherwise dark horizon print publishing? Somehow, I had missed entirely that there was a magazine called The Walrus. Moreover, it is a solid, quality, long form magazine.…
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The Facebook Status of Sarah Fran Wisby
Sarah Wisby is now in a relationship with herself. – December 13, 2008 Sarah is proud of her muffin top. – December 9 Sarah is _________. – December 9 Sarah is denouement: it’s all downhill from here. – December 9
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FUNNY AMERICA: Triggering a Silent Scream
The President is not what you call dim. He’s obviously aware the only thing worse than a bleakening economy is a bleakening economy where the most depressed of us are forced to watch the least depressed of us get handed…
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Poetic Lives Online
AWP is approaching quickly, and though I won’t be there, lots of other poetry folks will be. Raymond Bianchi has a (short) list of restaurants that conference goers might want to check out, and he promises to give out more…
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Around the World in 100 Years
The best travel writing usually begins with an absurd proposition, so how could I not pick up an attic-sale book subtitled How to See Europe on Fifty Cents a Day?
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City Cyclops
Jon Adams, author of the Truth Serum books, presents City Cyclops, “the only comics in the world that will make you forget about your mom’s new boyfriend.” Perfect. The comics star not-so-superheros and villains, such as Don Sequitur, Orifist, and…
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The Many Types of Trilobites
“As the privatization and patenting of scientific knowledge rapidly grows, overall scientific literacy continues to be very low,” claims The Small Science Collective. The SSC and and its Blog Sister Site are creating, distributing, and encouraging others to create and…
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Post-Young: Thank You, Dr. Death
We live in heinous times. Times when it’s nearly impossible to be shocked by the sheer horror to which humans subject each other.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jaclyn Friedman
I’ve been interested in talking and educating about rape, safety and sexuality for most of my adult life.
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What Happened To Sheila
“Don’t worry, I’m not dying,” said my wife Sheila. But she was. This was about three days before it happened, and she sat up in her hospice bed and gave me one of those complicated looks she had: comforting and…