August 2012
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A Pussy Riot Roundup
I’d write you something about Pussy Riot, but I am, personally, totally exhausted by the avalanche of commentary which does not appear to consider the particular political and religious context in Russia, and I would be incapable of doing anything…
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In The Year 2311…
Writer Ben Greenman and artist Jaya Miceli have a fun op-art piece up at The New York Times. Titled “On This Date in Future History,” Greenman and Miceli predict some events to come, including the fate of the NFL, the rise…
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The Rumpus Loves New York!
Attention NYC folks: we’ve got another event coming up, and this one’s for you! On Monday, September 10th, The Rumpus Loves New York! will be taking over Public Assembly. We’ll be co-hosting this amazing night with Flavorpill, and featuring readings…
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On Eminem as an Essayist
I want to say that I am talking and thinking and writing about Eminem lately because he’s released another album, and it’s blowing my fucking mind, but that isn’t it. As far as I know, Eminem is not recording a…
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Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Sentenced to Two Years for ‘Hooliganism’
Today in a Russian court, three members (Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alekhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30) of the all-female Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism.” (For those unfamiliar with the story, here…
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The Last Poem I Loved: “The Bells” by Adam Zagajewski
My maternal grandparents emigrated from Poland in 1924 after experiencing the horrors of World War I. They arrived here with pockets full of hopes and dreams and little else. I never met them; they died before I was born. I…
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THE WEEK IN GREED #11: The Ayn Rand Program
I know I’m supposed to write about Paul Ryan, because he’s the new media brand, but I’m having trouble getting the guys in the Give-A-Shit Department on board.
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Ring of Bone: Collected Poems by Lew Welch
Lew Welch has been dead now for 40 years, just about as long as his total time on earth. He disappeared on May 23, 1971, walked out of poet and friend Gary Snyder’s house into the mountains of California, carrying…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
After a hundred years, Captain Scott’s wreckage has been found. Related (only in my mind), it is very important to go through your storage, art museums. We live in a world in which you can turn your waste paper into…
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Arguing Against Perennial Busyness
A mistake is being made by our society, according to Ed Smith at the New Statesman, that those in the workforce are expected to be constantly busy. Workers spend a majority of their days seeming busy and trying to meet a…
