2011
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FUNNY WOMEN #46: Excerpt from Rodeo Girl’s Awesome Blog
Hello, everybody! I’m back! I know, I haven’t blogged for almost over a day now, and it has been the worst day of my life because of Brad.
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Steve Almond Joins the Party
As you most likely already know we’re throwing a rocking book release party for our pal Wesley Stace (also known as musician extraordinaire John Wesley Harding) in San Francisco this Sunday, February 27th, at Amnesia. What you don’t know, but…
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The World Is Obsessed With Facebook
Click here to read The Rumpus interview with an anonymous Facebook employee.
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Wisconsin Gov. Walker’s War on Labor
The showdown continues in Wisconsin pitting public-sector labor unions against Republican governor Scott Walker, who aims to eviscerate collective bargaining rights. As of this writing the state’s Democratic lawmakers apparently are still MIA. Days of large protests in Madison and…
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Dying Dewey
“Critics say the new system is a nightmare for anyone trying to find a specific book that doesn’t fit into an obvious category. Supporters counter that the system does what libraries should be doing: encourage people to read more books.”…
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The Diviner’s Tale
Morrow’s supple prose is grounded in lyricism, prose unafraid to give the reader both the forest and the trees. Bradford Morrow’s new novel, a feminist interpretation of fairy-tale tropes, explores the life of Cassandra: single-mother, teacher, dowser.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I know this isn’t the point, but I can’t stop thinking about how cute these fat monkeys are. Psychedelic Don Quixote illustrations. Abandoned World War 2 bunkers are sort of great sometimes. Let’s talk about Neanderthal fashion. And now for…
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THE BLURB #21: This Is Your Brain—on Books, on Screens
After just five hundred years of movable type and the Enlightenment it begat, we are blinded by how brief our dwelling in the kingdom of print turned out to be.
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 2/21-2/27
This week in San Francisco, RADAR at The Luggage Store, Noise Pop loves Litquake, and John Wesley Harding performs at the launch of Wesley Stace’s new novel. Monday 2/21: Support San Francisco State University’s College of Creative Arts at One…