2011
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The Monthly Rumpus Gets Sketchy
Doodler extraordinaire Adrian Cotter did a couple of quick sketches on his phone of performers at last night’s Rumpus:
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What Film Haunts You? #1: Gilda
What Film Haunts You? is a series of essays curated by Nicholas Rombes featuring writers, musicians, scientists, revolutionaries, and others. The debut installment is by Grace Krilanovich:
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Lost (Sort of Grim) Poem
“A lost poem by David Foster Wallace, written when he was a child, has been found in the Wallace Archives at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas.” We know there’s a lot of DFW links going around…
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Free Franzen (with a Catch)
If you become a fan of the New Yorker on Facebook you can read Jonathan Franzen’s essay about his relationship with David Foster Wallace for free (this week only, it looks like). (via @NationalBook)
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Suing HuffAOL
“Today, a group of bloggers led by union organizer and journalist Jonathan Tasini will file a class-action suit against the Huffington Post, founder Arianna Huffington, and AOL, which acquired the news-and-blogs site in February.” Tasini, who has been blogging at…
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The Millionaire Thing
Shady short sales, insider trading, and SEC violations form the moral dilemmas of this debut novel, set against the remote landscape of Bolivia.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
What happens when a space shuttle is retired? (It gives me good reason to link to pictures from the NASA archives is what.) Fun fact: the Peabody museum is a pretty rad place. These wire frame sculptures are neat, Let’s…
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National Poetry Month Day 12: “Dear Empire” by Oliver de la Paz
Dear Empire, These are your murders. I’m not one to speak of atonement, given my sins are expressly for you. Given night’s easy wound and your own scar. Given the smell of old papers, the broken figurine you’ve placed on…
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On Friday, April 8th
On April 8th, Egyptians came to Tahrir Square, as they have every Friday since Hosni Mubarek’s February 11th resignation. These gatherings have become commonplace since the revolution.