2011
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Every day is a good day to look at antique mug shots. Did you know there are architects capable of designing art museums today who are NOT Frank Gehry? Drawing Autism (this is really fascinating, fyi). Wait, did someone say…
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Dean Young
Every month, the Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with the author of the book we’ve been discussing. This month is extraordinary, however, because our poet, Dean Young, had a heart transplant on April 15, just over two weeks ago.
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Remembering Why We Love Libraries
Libraries have not been getting enough attention, so sometimes it’s beneficial to meditate on the anecdotal secrets and historical utilities that this community institution has provided us with over the years. From supplying research for revolutionaries to refuge for writers—there…
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Publicists vs. Reporters
“The dangers are clear. As PR becomes ascendant, private and government interests become more able to generate, filter, distort, and dominate the public debate, and to do so without the public knowing it.” Newsrooms are experiencing a PR takeover—as the…
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Undervalued Teachers
“People talk about accountability, measurements, tenure, test scores and pay for performance. These questions are worthy of debate, but are secondary to recruiting and training teachers and treating them fairly. There is no silver bullet that will fix every last…
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New Believer Things
This month’s Believer comes with a whole bunch of laudatory excitement. The sixth annual Believer Book Award for 2010 has been officially announced, along with the first ever Believer Poetry Award! If your interests more often align with the public…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #85
BROWN SUGAR ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing brown sugar.
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
News junkies beware! Hackers are taking advantage of the internet traffic spike prompted by Osama bin Laden’s death and embedding news coverage with malware. And of course, people got all snarky about his demise on Twitter. Apple isn’t the only one…
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“Into the Mainstream”
“At bottom, the role of the book critic is to be an explicator of texts, conveying to curious readers what an author is trying to do in a given story, or novel, or poem.” Oscar Villaon’s essay, “Into the Mainstream,”…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week 5/02-5/08
This week in San Francisco, Top Gun turns 25, class it up with Free Museum Day and then celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the whole entire Mission.
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Animals in Midlife Crises
ANIMALS IN MIDLIFE CRISES: Owl Another fantastic Rumpus comic from Lincoln Michel and John Dermot Woods.