November 2011
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An Occupy Roundup, Thanksgiving/Black Friday Edition
The American Occupation of America received less attention this week as the country (in my dad’s words) “celebrated the near-genocide of the inhabitants of this hemisphere through the killing and consumption of its friendly, harmless, innocent birds.” This week also…
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Science Saturday
HYbrid cars not only save gas–they’re safer too. Suck on that, SUVs. So this can potentially help you learn more effectively. But can it help me write better poems? Watch Popular Science blow up a turkey with a deep fryer.…
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Saturday Morning Links
Happy Saturday. I hear the hot new seasoning for food this year is some kind of spray-on pepper. I’ll be looking for it in my local market. How does the rest of the world see Thanksgiving? It’s been clear for…
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Albums of Our Lives: Joni Mitchell’s Blue
Bliss, melancholy—Blue is both at once, just as the holiday season is for me.
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No Dazzled Salamanders
This… collection offers a world where narrative, grammar, and logic all come and go, rising up familiarly for a few lines then dispersing again, something thrilling and unrecognizable in their place.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #90: Ninety-Four Ways of Saying Thank You
There is so much humanity here, so much grace and good humor, so much strength and wisdom.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Happy Thanksgiving y’all. We’ll be taking it easy for the long weekend, see you bright and early on Monday. Try to be nice to each other.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan about her poetry collection Bear, Diamonds and Crane.