2011
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Where are Your Footnotes, Minister?
Protesters in Germany are dominating the news and taking their outrage to Facebook. Unlike protesters in other parts of the world, these angry citizens aren’t hoping to overthrow their government — they are calling on it to exercise more intellectual…
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Do You Rewrite?
Helen Schulman talks editing and rewriting with from Jennifer Egan, Cynthia Ozick, and Elizabeth Dewberry. (via TheBookBench)
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New Julian Schnabel Film Under Fire
Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) has a new film, Miral, about a young girl in Jerusalem. That’s exciting, right? When the United Nations decided to screen the film, the American Jewish Committee…
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I Knocked On the Walls, In a Circle
The Chameleon Couch proves itself an expertly crafted book from a poet peaking in his awareness and execution of all the tangled dialectics that manifest in his art.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Self-promotion alert day 5: even though we’ve reached our stated goal, we are still a few dollars away from finishing recording our second album. maybe you would like to help? Coming soon: three parented babies! Let’s take a moment to…
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SMALL POTATOES:
Juggs Judy notebookSmall Potatoes by Paul Madonna Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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The Rumpus Interview with Jessica Anya Blau
“The great thing about fction is you control the world—everything in it, everything people say and do, what they eat, and even how they smell!”
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Broadcastr
Our friends over at Electric Literature have an awesome new app called Broadcastr that plays certain audio stories based on your GPS location, bringing place-specific tales into your everyday travels! We recommend Jennifer Egan reading from A Visit From the…
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Announcing Our New Music Editor
We are very excited to announce our new Music section editor, Katy Henriksen! Katy Henriksen has contributed to the The Brooklyn Rail as well as The Rumpus. She publishes handmade poetry chapbooks with her husband through their venture Cannibal Books,…
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The Rumpus and ZYZZYVA Proudly Present: “A Friendly Gathering”
The Rumpus and ZYZZYVA Proudly Present: “A Friendly Gathering” Click here to purchase tickets! April 11th The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, 7pm Featuring authors David Goodwillie, Erika Recordon, Aryn Kyle, and Matthew Dickman! With a musical performance by The…
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Mis-Writing Race Is a Failure of the Imagination
In February at the AWP Conference in Washington D.C., Claudia Rankine gave a talk about Tony Hoagland’s poem “The Change.” Afterward, she posted a call for responses to the conversation that started at AWP, and today she posted those responses…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Google seems to be inching closer to testing a new smartphone payment system. Goodbye, paper money? Another likely impact of the Japanese earthquake seems to be rising prices for computer components. The Obama administration is rolling out an extensive wishlist of…