2011
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100 Interviews
Late last year, Gaby Dunn, a New York journalist and comedian, set out to interview 100 people in a year (deadline October 1, 2011) for her project titled “100 Interviews.” She created a list of people she “knew existed in…
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Whitewashing the X-Men
“Captain America punching Hitler in the jaw is Captain America knocking him across the room with the weight of the culture. The X-Men going from multiracial to white to needing a white Messiah is the weight of the culture. The…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Sunday’s the day to catch up with Rumpus Books. Below, check out some reviews and essays: Does Sad Sell? — An essay by Raina Wallens on grief memoirs.
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Nice news: Figment, the writing community website for teens, receives $1 million. This is not your kid’s graphic book: Paying For It: A Comic Strip Memoir About Being a John. What does your literary tote bag say about you? Can…
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When a Marriage License Just Isn’t Enough
Want to get entangled quantum-ly? Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats has developed a way for the two of you to join at the subatomic level. “Keats has designed an entangling apparatus, which, when situated in a sunny window and exposed to…
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A History of Coffee Cup Lids
Nicola Twilley, writing at The Atlantic, provides a brief design history of the plastic lid that aggravates so many of us when we’re trying to ingest our precious, precious caffeinated beverages. There have been at least 40 different individually patented…
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Science Saturday
There’s a Tricorder X-Prize now. I just had a nerdgasm. I don’t know whether this says more about human engineers or slime molds, but either way, it’s interesting. How rare are rare earth metals, and how will that affect the…
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Saturday Morning Links
So after 11 years of unmarried bliss, Amy and I are getting married. A high school sophomore challenges Congressperson Michelle Bachmann to a debate and facts-test on the Constitution. I’d watch it. How a fetus gets its face. Side question:…
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Golden Gate Reading
Click here to listen to Daniel Orozco read “The Bridge” from his collection of short stories (and Rumpus Book Club selection), Orientation. The link is courtesy of Broadcastr, a smartphone app that finds stories related to your location. So, for…
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Silver Sparrow Love
“I read it in virtually one sitting. I could not put Jones’s suspenseful story of a man’s deceit and the pain it causes his family down even for a minute.” Rumpus Book Club member Mandy Boles (aka The Well-Read Wife)…