2011
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Sean Morse: Last Book I Loved, Senselessness
The last book I loved was Senselessness, written by by Horacio Castellanos Moya, and translated by Katherine Silver. I wish I could indulge a paranoid fantasy. Maybe a nice conspiracy theory centered around me. It really unburdens a person from the decision-making…
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Bechdel Interview and New Book Sneak Peek
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel was recently interviewed (by University of Chicago professor and comics scholar Hillary Chute) about her comics making process and forthcoming book Are You My Mother (Houghton Mifflin, May 2012). You can observe Bechdel as she is working on…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #116
TURTLE DOVES ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing turtle doves.
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Notable San Francisco: 12/26-1/1
Celebrate the last week of 2011 for cheap, or better yet, free! Monday 12/26: Check out some insane boxing day deals. Tonight’s holiday disaster-themed Porchlight reading is open for submissions, as always. 7pm at Hemlock Tavern.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Hey folks, we’re going to take it easy this week. That being said, we’d never leave you all alone. Here are a few things Alec has ollied (we have no idea who Alec is).
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Fire Island Flaneurs
It starts with the watch, always. Boarding the ferry at the Sayville Harbor on Long Island, I remove my watch and zip it within the special pocket of my duffel. Vacation begins the moment we start the short trek over…
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You Forgot Cranberries, Too?
“Let’s shed a little light on the Christmas spirit!” -talking candle in my mom’s house
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Baghdad Country Club
The following is an excerpt from “Baghdad Country Club” by Joshuah Bearman. You can find the full story on The Atavist. *** Iraqis have a word, barra, which means “out there,” and for those lucky enough to be inside the Green Zone…
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On Survival and Extinction
Guernica interviews Texas-based artist Dario Robleto about his exhibit at the Des Moines Art Center Survival Does Not Lie in the Heavens. Robleto touches on his interest in mourning or “the creative response to loss,” the process of alteration, and…
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“Baghdad Country Club” Giveaway!
Have you read our excerpt from Joshuah Bearman’s “Baghdad Country Club” yet? If you haven’t already gone to The Atavist to get the whole story, hold up! The first five people to email Isaac Fitzgerald (Isaac AT therumpus.net) get a…