June 2010
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Morning Coffee
Hidden posters discovered in the Notting Hill tube stop. (Hurray!) Important question du jour: Are smarter people actually more likely to kill themselves? This is all in French, but that doesn’t make the pictures of Parisian street art any less…
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Complicit with Everything
A metaphorical review of Tony Hoagland’s Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, in which Johnny Rocket, Britney Spears, and the Saudi Monarchy play a crucial role in American poetry.
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“Letters to my editor”
“To The Editor, Last winter I submitted a story titled Vacation from Hell. Frankly, the length of time it has taken to reply to my submission is an insult. If I had gotten you pregnant back in January, instead of…
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Burning Warhol’s “Marilyn”
“I just bought an original, limited-edition Andy Warhol lithograph titled “Marilyn,” plate-signed and pencil-numbered 1293/2400, published by the Carnegie Museum of Art in 1986, when Andy was still alive. I have decided to destroy the print, to burn this piece…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Everything about these quotes GIANT dug up by Klaus Kinsky is amazing. At TMN, this is what happens when you interview someone you busted for plagiarism. Here are lots of reminders that the bestsellers of the past are not always…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It was yet another awesome week for Rumpus Books. Click through for links to reviews, rants, interviews, and more.
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Check out this terrific interview with Amy King at Huffington Post on the current “Femininaissance” in poetry. Artifice Mag muses on summer reading and wants to know what you’re reading this summer. Dante Michaux on “What’s American about American Poetry?”…
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Beautiful Beginnings in San Francisco
The next Rumpus is this Monday(!), do you have your tickets yet? The Rumpus and SMITH Magazine Proudly Present: Beautiful Beginnings June 14th at The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, 7pm. Click here to buy your advance tickets! Featuring authors…
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Science Saturday
A Japanese spacecraft has deployed the first ever solar sail. Confirmation of the discovery of the youngest planet outside our solar system. Algae-powered flight. Yet another reason to be terrified of sharks: they smell in stereo. Have you signed up…
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SMALL POTATOES:
A Brief InterludeClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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Oil Spill Update
NOAA releases oil trajectory forecasts for the Gulf coastline. This NY Times article suggests Floridians are mad at their neighbors over the oil spill, and we are now, but less than 2 years ago, we were gagging for it. Alabama’s…