2011
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“Even an animal respects a man’s desire, if it wants to copulate with him.” — From Saddam Hussein’s Zabiba and the King. A really brilliant interview with “America’s first openly transgender law professor.” Augmented reality book shelving. (via) And Mark…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Sunday’s the day to catch up with what Rumpus Books published last week.
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National Poetry Month, Day 3: “Why I Did Not Make Love to Your Dead Body” by Kirsten Kaschock
Kirsten Kaschock’s A Beautiful Name For a Girl was the Rumpus Poetry Book Club’s January selection. You can read the book club’s interview of her here, and you can find an extended bio at her webpage at Ahsahta Press. Why…
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
I’ve already said this a lot, but it’s April, so expect it a lot more. You can follow our National Poetry Month poem-a-day project by visiting this post every day. I’ll be updating it every morning and adding a new…
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Great Movie Review? Or Greatest Movie Review Ever?
Denial Depot reviews Jaws from the perspective of a climate change denier. It’s as awesome as you might imagine. Here’s a taste. “Synopsis A group of so-called government funded “experts” whip up alarmist fears of a killer shark off the…
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Here’s How You Answer an FOIA Request
At least, this is how you answer it if you’re a university. Here’s some brief backstory–Wisconsin Republicans want the emails of a University of Wisconsin professor because he wrote a blog post critical of Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union bill. Here’s…
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Science Saturday
I want to start today’s roundup by noting that doing this the day after April Fools is tough, because scientists have diabolical senses of humor, and I’m not generally smart enough to know when they’re yanking my chain. In other…
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Saturday Morning Links
It’s day two of National Poetry Month, which means it’s day 2 of our poem-a-day project. Today’s poem is from Sandy Longhorn, and you can get to all Rumpus Original Poems here. The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is now leaking…
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National Poetry Month, Day 2: “The Starving Saint” by Sandy Longhorn
The Starving Saint Encased in silver, the feet of the saint crack and splinter in the first hard frost.
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The Grey Lady and The Pale King
“Happiness, Wallace suggests in a Kierkegaardian note at the end of this deeply sad, deeply philosophical book, is the ability to pay attention, to live in the present moment, to find ‘second-by-second joy + gratitude at the gift of being…