2009
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A Vowel Away From Master
These poems often resist the reader in the same way his speaker resists his father, but the book’s exploration of such distance creates a closeness between the reader and the poems, and the speaker and his father, that’s almost too…
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Corduroy for Fops and Fly Girls
Today, 11/11, is Corduroy Appreciation Day. In honor of this wonderfully waled fabric, the Corduroy Appreciation Club is holding a Grand Meeting at the Old American Can Factory with keynote speaker author Sloane Crosley. I’m not sure whether corduroy gentleman…
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The Last Book I Loved: An African in Greenland
I grabbed An African in Greenland by Tete-Michel Kpomassie from the fabulous New York travel bookstore, Idlewild, after my event with Stephen Elliott. I’d heard about the book for years as an incredible read for anybody who adores anthropology adventure…
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Morning Coffee
Frank Miller’s Charlie Brown (page 1, page 2). Dream project: redesign Vladimir Nabokov’s book covers. The fall of the Iron Curtain, in pictures. Donald Barthelme’s recommended reading list. (via kottke.org) A defense of jaywalking.
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Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
The year I met Steve Almond was also the year I picked up (Not That You Asked) and the year I read his gorgeous homage to Kurt Vonnegut, “Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt.”
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Thomas Bartlett
Pianist and New Yorker Thomas Bartlett was raised in rural Vermont by two devoted intellectuals. For the most part self-educated, save a few failed attempts at public high school and 1.5 semesters at Columbia, he is perhaps the most famous…
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Rumpus Original Fiction: “Bobcat” by Rebecca Lee
The Rumpus welcomes Madras Press and proudly offers an excerpt from “Bobcat,” by Rebecca Lee.
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My (Hopeful) Addition to the Best of Wikipedia
Looks like they don’t have Noël Godin covered. I love a scoop! So I submitted the following: