2011
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Drawing Inspiration From Your Insides
“I quit smoking on Halloween 1988. In December 1988 I was walking to work in a snowstorm when I had the biggest sneeze of my life and afterwards found in my hand a clump of living tissue the size, shape,…
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Save St. Mark’s
St. Mark’s Bookshop has lived in New York City since before I was born. And I hope it, and bookstores like it, are around long after I’m gone. It’s a story we seem to be hearing a lot lately, bookstores…
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Is There a 9/11 Literature?
Bryan Charles and Christopher Bollen talk about 9/11 literature and life outside of New York. Charles’s memoir, There’s a Road to Everywhere Except Where You Came From, tells his story of being in the Twin Towers on the morning of…
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DFW on Federer
“Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.” I’m not a particularly devout tennis fan. In fact, I…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Today, the earth has traveled around the sun ten times since a bunch of assholes made our world a worse place. Electric Literature has a good roundup of what the book blogs have written up about 9/11. Moving on: this…
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Babes in Poetryland
Michael Kelleher takes some time to get deeper into the matter of the poetry market (such as it is) and does a good job of breaking down the power structure. I’m not wild about the sweeping statements he makes about…
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Science Saturday
Remember way back last week when I told you about seeing a supernova from your back yard? Yeah, well, astronomers want your help in studying it. I’m always fascinated by stories like this because my Zoology professor in college was…
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Saturday Morning Links
I’ve got coffee in my Dalek mug and Gladys the Mucus Machine riding shotgun. What could go wrong? Given Steve Almond’s lamentation on what we lost that we published yesterday, I think it’s also worthwhile to look at what the…
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“It’s About Time”: Tomorrow in LA!!
What up Los Angeles? The Rumpus doesn’t exclude any part of California and to prove it, we’re having an event in LA! Because, “It’s About Time”!! Featuring brilliant authors Joshuah Bearman and Gabrielle Calvocoressi! The sonic samplings will be provided…
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Roxane Wins “Best Rant”
Electric Literature is embarking on a new ranking system that will most definitely change the way you reflect on the past month of online book reviews. It’s called the Critical Hit Awards, and only three reviews are picked per month.…