November 2011
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Writing About Writing
“Advice about writing is more importantly writing itself, and it defines its own rules and strictures as much as it instructs its adherents directly. In the words of these masters we find the strength to go on.” This Recording compiles…
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Notable San Francisco 11/7-11/13
This week in San Francisco- Monday 11/7: USF hosts Matthea Harvey reading from her new work, Of Lamb. Her work has been reviewed by George Saunders as a ‘vision of America [that is] spooky, apocalyptic, and beautiful: proof that there…
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Kevin Thomas #OWS
Our own Kevin Thomas has posted an insightful #OWS comic over at OccupyWriters.com. You can check it out here. Enjoy!
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #109
APPLE PIE ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing apple pie.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Nothing Twice” by Wislawa Szymborska
The last poem I loved was “Nothing Twice” by the well-known Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska. I loved all of her poems that followed, but “Nothing Twice” was the first Szymborska poem I ever read. Last week, I was on my…
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There’s Still Time to Get Love and Shame and Love!
November’s Book Club selection is Love and Shame and Love (Little, Brown), a novel by Peter Orner (whose column you can follow here on the Rumpus). Orner traverses three generations of the Popper family, through which he considers the intricate…
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Irreconcilable Differences
Gary Lutz’s new collection, divorcer, tells seven stories of divorce that will captivate every reader―single, married or divorced.
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Notable New York, This Week 11/07-11/13
This week in New York, n+1 talks Occupy; a release party for Jonathan Lethem’s The Ecstasy of Influence; Largehearted Lit reading at WORD; Leslie Goshko hosts music and poetry at the Nuyorican; Percival Everett at 192 Books; a discussion on…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Holy cow personal multi-copter! Here are some pictures of drops. Let’s all watch Mount Rushmore get constructed. Today is a good day to discuss Czech lamps. It’s also a good day to discuss the future of English transport!
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Once, We Were (Not) Troy Davis And Then We Were Something Else
Life is the one disaster that is also a miracle. Or perhaps life is the one miracle that is also a disaster.
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Happy Ending for St. Mark’s Bookshop
Thanks to a meeting with Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, St. Mark’s will keep its doors open. Cooper Union has agreed to reduce the store’s rent by $2,500 and forgive $7,000 in debt. The school will also let some…
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NaNoWriMo Advice: Get a Cat
If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo and have your story idea, pen, paper, laptop, and inspirational soundtrack, but are still blocked, check out these words of wisdom from some of “history’s fastest, most prolific authors” at The Atlantic. Read advice from…