2011
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Hey, We Do This Too
We’re not the only ones out there curious to know where and writers write and why. This week the Chicago Tribune spoke to bestselling and award winning authors to get the lowdown on the digs most conducive to consistent, contended…
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A Romance Novel Health Scare
For the most part, a quick glance at the cover of any romance novel is all it takes to reveal the formula that’s inside. For better or worse, it’s a genre of fantasied gender stereotypes and it has long had…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
What is Google+ good for? Hiding from parents. But seriously. Google is letting more people onto its new social network this week, even after new glitches surfaced (and were fixed) over the weekend. The nerds are all excited today over…
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Amitav, Interviewed
In the current climate of booming Indian fiction, six-time novelist, Amitav Ghosh, is interviewed on Guernica. His internationalist perspective comes from a background in journalism and his PhD in social anthropology from Oxford, all working in conjunction to uniquely inform…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #93
NEWT GINGRICH ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Newt Gingrich.
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Ryan Boudinot’s New Book
Rumpus columnist/ writer, Ryan Boudinot is interviewed by Steve Barker on episode 1 of his podcast “Ordinary Madness,” in which he talks about his new book Blueprints of the Afterlife, which sprawls two different time periods—one being the distant, post-apocalyptic…
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TONIGHT! “Take Me Home”
Don’t miss out on tonight’s monthly Rumpus event!! “Take Me Home.” Tonight’s event features spoken word performer Rich Ferguson and brilliant authors Meg Day, Alexandra Teague, and Jesse Ball. We’ll supply the humor fix with the comedy stylings of Janine…
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The Impersonal Book Review
Macy Halford writes on the book review, and our inclinations towards immersing ourselves in the opinions of our friends and trusted personalities. But alas, we can’t really know someone through their book recommendations, and this shouldn’t impede our ability to…
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All Over Coffee
All Over Coffee #542 Outside the Met Another gorgeous Rumpus Comic from Paul Madonna.
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Notable New York, This Week 7/11-7/17
This week in New York Rebecca Wolff reads from her new novel at Book Court; Under the Influence, an exhibition of hip-hop inspired art at powerHouse Arena; Poets House showcase reading; Monkeybicycle’s Lightning Round featuring women writers; Poetry from the…