2011
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Egypt Today
The BBC has put together a pretty cool interactive map of Tahrir Square. Click around on it. Also from the BBC: it isn’t over yet. Don’t get too excited. Is Algeria next? Juan Cole sets out some potential scenarios for…
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Saturday Morning Links
So last Saturday morning, instead of blogging for you the way I usually do, I was standing behind a table at the AWP book fair with an over-caffeinated Isaac Fitzgerald watching him close people so hard that Blake from Glengarry…
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Why the Egyptian Revolution is Good for the Middle East
It’s early yet for the discussions to begin on how the Egyptian revolution will turn out for the majority of Egyptians and for the rest of the region. My take on these things is to generally be pessimistic, and then…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
A Google employee who played a key role in the Egyptian protests causes people to wonder: Can Google ever really be a neutral source of info? Nokia and Microsoft just announced their partnership. Did Nokia jump out of the frying…
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Roy Kesey
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Roy Kesey about Pacazo, Faulkner, historiography, and cheap cab rides. This is an edited transcript of the book club discussion. Every month The Rumpus Book Club hosts a discussion online with the book club…
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Amazon Still Not Paying Texas Taxes
“Amazon is shutting down a Dallas distribution center because Texas is demanding the company pay sales tax collected in the state.” How dare the Lone Star State try and collect taxes from the all-mighty Amazon? More here. (via PW)
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Things Are Going Down in Egypt
For the best breaking news coverage you should be watching Al Jazeera English and reading its website. “Mubarak Steps Down, Ceding Power to Military.” Who is in charge now? Get to know Egypt’s military leadership. With jubilant cheering and loads…
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Horn! Reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love Another fantastic Rumpus Comic book review by Kevin Thomas.
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A Tricky Balance: Book Club Round-Up
“How do you satirize something that’s already a parody of itself?” asks Michael Schaub of NPR in his write-up of Andrew Altschul‘s Deus Ex Machina. Schaub finds Altschul’s attempts to do so pretty successful, calling the novel brilliantly observed and…
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The Whole World Clanked Like an Iron Shovel
The horror of watching the self separate from the self—the schism of self-awareness—it’s almost vertigo-inducing. Kocot’s gift as a poet is being able to explain such complexity with such uncompromised frankness.