December 2011
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All Over Coffee #563
Collaboration with Isaac FitzgeraldClick image to enlarge: *** All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. The second and newest book, Everything is its own…
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Science Saturday
Everyone who’s been able to light their water on fire when gas companies started fracturing shale to get to natural gas just said “No shit, EPA.” NASA scientists announced that they’ve found the closest thing to an earth orbiting a…
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Saturday Morning Links
I woke up yesterday, saw that the temperature outside was 36 degrees and thought “that’s not so bad.” I think I’m adjusting to the idea of winter, though it’s still early yet. I already watch Mythbusters regularly, but I can’t…
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Friendly Advice
What do you do if you find yourself befriending a writer? Rebecca Rosenblum breaks it down, answering a few FAQs regarding day drinking, topics of conversation, and reading a friend’s writing. “If a writer publishes something in a journal or…
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The Rumpus Review of Melancholia
Melancholia, Lars von Trier’s new apocalyptic parlor drama, is a depressive’s feast, a vision of the end of the world as mercy killing.
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How To Make Wine!
Rumpus artist Wendy MacNaughton has made a print detailing “How to Make Wine.” Originally created for Pop-Up Magazine’s Sidebar at the San Francisco Museum of Art, the piece is now available to purchase on Etsy! A perfectly lovely and useful…
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Roxane Gay on The Situation in American Writing
“The Situation in American writing,” Full Stop’s questionnaire for prominent authors—with questions ranging from literary criticism to war—elicits some excellent responses from Roxane Gay. “My writing is lots of things but more often than not, the stories and essays I…
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“The Love That Dares”
At Mother Jones, our friend Mac McClelland reports from Uganda, focusing on the defiance of the country’s gay community in the face of bigots (some of whom have American allies). McClelland calls attention to the fact that despite the media’s…