2011
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THE LONELY VOICE #10: Two Boys Fighting, Omaha Nebraska
Two boys are fighting. Neither is especially interested in beating the other up but once these things start, sometimes you’ve got no choice but to go ahead with it.
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Uterine Limericks at Mother Jones
Jen Phillips at Mother Jones decided to pen a limerick to express her outrage over the uterine fiasco with the Florida GOP, in which Democratic Representative Scott Randolph was reprimanded after he said the word “uterus” on the House floor.…
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Feminism Is The New Saltpeter?
“Gender equality inhibits arousal.” Yikes. I’m not going to link directly, but Psychology Today, in an article called “Why Feminism Is The Anti-Viagra,” goes even further to prove it will say anything to sell magazines and get clicks. Really I…
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On The Novels Of Politicians
Roll Call has a list of novels written by members of Congress, and the excerpts they present are, as one might expect, not amazing. Here’s an excerpt from Hawaii Governor and former Congressman Neal Abercrombie’s The Blood of Patriots (via):…
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Kids’ Books as Adult Personality Predictors
If you liked Little Women as a kid: “Family may be the most important thing to you, but that wouldn’t stop you from stealing your sister’s ex boyfriend.” —Flavorwire’s write-up on some favorite children’s books and what your favorite says…
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National Poetry Month Day 10: “Universal Translator” by Amy Letter
Universal Translator Universal Translator from Amy Letter on Vimeo. Science fiction stories set in an alien-rich future like to show the universe’s different species communicating seamlessly by means of (what in the Star Trek universe is called) a “Universal Translator.”
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Beverly Cleary is 95. Here’s a profile. (via Maud Newton) At PANK, here’s how to interview for a job in advertising. Bookfox has a short but interesting take on James Wood. The Guardian wonders about “the way ahead for literary…
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Poetic Lives Online
I hope you’ve been following along with our National Poetry Month project. For links to the poems we’ve already run as well as the poets to come, you can follow this post, which is updated every morning with a link…
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Science Saturday
I don’t usually post book reviews in this column, but hey, this seems relevant (and a way to test out the NY Times pay-wall workaround). How evolution explains altruism. The results of this study on real-time feedback affecting voter perceptions…