June 2010
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #10: Hannah Miet in Conversation with Her Brother, Gabe
Hannah Miet: So we’ve never spoken directly about the fact that you were recently dual diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome and Schizoaffective Disorder. I’ve been wanting to know how you feel about that. What do those things mean to you?
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Ether
No, Beatty! Don’t start telling your English teacher about your essay on Pope when he has his fingers in your knickers!
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Etgar Keret and the Fake Dedication
“Before I started publishing books, I wrote dedications only in the ones I bought to give as gifts to people I knew. Then one day I suddenly found myself signing books for people who’d bought them themselves, people I’d never…
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Morning Coffee
Have you seen the new London bus design? What about now? Are we really going to see a Catcher in the Rye film due to a tax loop-hole? Hurray for the National Design Awards! Hurray for them! Mapping out NYC’s…
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Not Safe For Work
Today, I realize the truth — that it is not sex work that society fears is dangerous, but sex workers. I recently had the experience at my job of being warned by a colleague that other coworkers have begun Googling…
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Swinging Modern Sounds #24: A Magician of the Highest Degree
The millennium is not very old, it’s true, and yet today is the day on which I feel obliged to anoint a best song of the millennium, and to risk open debate on the subject, even though I recognize that…
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Call Your Dads, People!
“(My son) hasn’t read my work. I don’t think he is much interested in me as a writer. He’s more interested in me as a dad.” — Jonathan Ames It’s Father’s Day, and if you’re lucky enough to be able…
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Jessa Crispin on Wisdom
“But there’s a difference between admiring wisdom and emulating it. That’s perhaps the best illustration of the difference between knowledge and wisdom: We know the value of wisdom. We know that narcissists should not be in charge of industries that…
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SEX BOOK THROWDOWN #4: Bumpin’ Uglies with the Beautiful People
Today’s battle pits Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion by Izabella St. James against How To Have A XXX Sex Life: The Ultimate Vivid Guide by the Vivid Girls.
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The Reptilian Brain
“We’re playing to the reptilian brain rather than the logic centers, so we look for key words and images to leverage the intense rage and anxiety of white working-class conservatives. In other words, I talk to the same part of…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Two people translate the same short story. Only one sentence is the same. Judges judge. Who will win? Amazon evil evil blah blah evil. “(W)e speak and write badly because we don’t feel confident in what we think and are reluctant…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It’s Sunday again, which means it’s time to catch up with Rumpus Books.