2011
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Young Artist, Mean World
The art world is a rough place, which is the practical thought behind art schools offering courses on grant-writing and portfolio building. Still, even with the presence of these utilitarian courses, when embarking on your formative artistic education, how can…
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Perpetual Breaks of Strata
Rarely has a book of poetry offered such total, and carefully constructed immersion.
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The Trees The Trees
HTML Giant’s reviewing The Trees The Trees, which is a collection of poems by Heather Christle with twice the title you think it would have, and also not a Terrence Malick movie. The review in it of itself, is impressive…
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Albums of Our Lives: The White Stripes’ De Stijl
When I listen to the White Stripes’ De Stijl I relive December 2001, which was when I accompanied my friend Hung on a road trip from New Orleans to Tucson.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Y’all see this photo-essay on modern day Bowery tenements? Welcome to the world hermaphroditic butterfly! Brief histories of monsters and title design. Hella space pictures.
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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Jon-Jon Goulian
What is the chance of one of those books living up to its pre-release hype? Of earning back its advance?
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SPE, Revisited
“Forty years later, the Stanford Prison Experiment remains among the most notable—and notorious—research projects ever carried out at the University. For six days, half the study’s participants endured cruel and dehumanizing abuse at the hands of their peers. At various…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Hello, Big Brother: Unlike twitter and other social sites, facebook doesn’t inform you if the government wants to snoop around in your account data. Lame. Hello, Big Brother (take 2): the government wants to require Internet providers to retain 18 months of logs…
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Milk Just Got Offensive
Uh oh—here is the latest reason to be offended by normative gender divisions. The California Milk Processor Board has a new advertising campaign that focuses on the milk’s ability to alleviate PMS symptoms because of its vitamin D and calcium…
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Look At How Much Fun We’re Having!
“Take Me Home,” the midsummer monthly Rumpus event, happened last night. Just to recap, it was a phantasmagoria of poetry, comedy, music and a lot of emotion. Thanks to all who made it out! Here is some photo documentation as…
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Vendela Vida Through the Years
The Guardian profiles author and editor, Vendela Vida—tracing her story-telling history back to the lies of her childhood, the first time writers intersected with her Bay Area existence, to the release of her most recent novel, The Lovers (which is…