2011
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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Heather Havrilesky
I wasn’t surprised to find that I enjoyed Havrilesky’s book and really related to it. There is so much overlap in our stories, I should probably hate her for beating me to the finish line by miles – thousands of…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
This week in “exciting” Flickr galleries: iconography of justice and mid-century corporate design! Let’s talk a bit about Walt Disney’s Magic Highway (USA). The Book of Eclipses. This is why I hate you. (I don’t really hate you.)
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All Over Coffee #485
Click image to enlarge … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. On April 29th, the second and newest book, Everything…
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Here’s Some Essays I Like
Here’s some very short essays I like. Reading them will be much better than watching the Oscars, I promise. “The first thing I learned about Jacques Cousteau was a lie. A fairytale. It didn’t matter. I’ve been madly in love…
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Book Release Party for Wesley Stace
The Rumpus and Flavorpill Present: The book release party for Wesley Stace’s new novel: Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer February 27 at Amnesia, 853 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 7pm Featuring Wesley Stace! Music by John Wesley Harding and Tiny Television! Comedy…
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Why Aren’t Writers Writing Videogames?
“On the face of it, you might think that this relatively new, rapidly developing art form would be exciting and fertile territory for authors. There’s scope for experimentation in the ability to, say, explore multiple narrative strands, to make mistakes…
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Tim Burton’s First Rejection Letter
“The story is simple enough for a young audience (age 4-6), cute, and shows a grasp of the language much better than I would expect from one of today’s high school students.” —At 18, Tim Burton received a very nice…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
This is why your used bookstore clerk hates you. (via @boingboing) A hilarious and smart discussion on Exley’s A Fan’s Notes at the Atticus Press blog. I met these Atticus folks at AWP. They’re pretty alright. A Public Space on…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Today would be a good day to stay in from the cold and curl up with some of what Rumpus Books has been up to this week.
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
You would not believe the crazy crap that’s happened the last two times I tried to do this column, but I’m back at least for this week. For Rumpus Poetry Book Club members, save this Tuesday for our conversation with…
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The Big Lie About the Wisconsin Pension Story
Turns out that what Governor Walker is asking public sector workers to do in Wisconsin isn’t contribute more toward their pension–he wants them to take a pay cut. See, the pension system in Wisconsin–like most pension systems nationwide–is funded by…