November 2011
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Rumpus Sound Takes: In Our Rooms
Atlas Sound Parallax (4AD) I am not particularly attuned to my cultural moment when I listen to Bradford Cox’s music.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The internet is here to keep you warm. Ravens communicate through gestures (probably about how to kill us all). Here is some Yugoslavian science-fiction illustration for you. The future is looking very mossy. Way to change the evolutionary patterns of…
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Libraries as Incubator
The recently launched Libraries as Incubator Project seeks to broaden the public’s notion of libraries “by celebrating the ways that they nurture arts communities around the country.” Check out the LIP website, which features “the work of artists who have…
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On Ann Beattie
“Beattie is an artist of silence, of the things we don’t say or can’t, the things that find expression anyway. She is an artist of the space between the words—of commas and dashes and periods; of section breaks, blank spaces…
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Personal Paper Prying
At HTML Giant, Roxane Gay ponders our insatiable curiosity about the personal papers of famous writers, reflecting on the value of preservation versus privacy. “Somewhere, there exists a random note written on a napkin by a writer who is not…
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Muppet Lessons
Breaking down the resolutions of three specific conflicts over the course of the “Classic Muppet years,” this article reveals examples for anyone attempting to preserve their art while also making money. “…The lesson to take away from Henson’s management style…
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Female Detectives Then and Now
This Q&A with crime writer Denise Mina touches on office politics, rude women, and the evolution of the female detective. “Now you’ve reached the point where a woman is just a different type of detective. You’re not getting information just…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
This software can tell you how dramatically a photo has been digitally altered. The editors of fashion magazines are shaking in their boots. Apparently your printer could be hacked and set on fire. Facebook’s about to go public. The British…
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This Hypothetical Life (Penn State is the World)
The Sandusky case pulls back the curtain on all kids who, like his alleged victims, become sexually victimized and exploited because of their poverty.
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Tell Your True Tale
“The day before I killed Donald Evans I did not even know he existed. The day he died I was smoking crack cocaine and when I smoke crack, nothing else matters. Not family, not friends – not even God.” The…
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Airline Crisis Art
Is the airline safety card more a work of the imagination than an actual instructional manual? This article guides us through the history of the often ignored “art of airline crisis.” “Is it possible that in the golden age of…