August 2012
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The Rumpus Interview with Karen Prior
A formerly freckle-faced pothead with a penchant for getting arrested, Prior admits she doesn’t hide emotions well and so to some, she can be a handful.
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Contraceptive Ubiquity
Free birth control is being made available to American women today under the Affordable Health Care Act. Jezebel lets you in on the secrets to scoring yours. In addition to contraception, seven other women’s preventative services will be covered at…
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Photographing Hermits
Photographer Carlo Bevilacqua spent five years photographing hermits for a project he calls “Into the Silence.” Each of his subjects choose to live outside of society for different reasons – from the extremely religious, to the spiritual, to those who simply want…
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Kickstarter Gentrification
What began as a digital platform to aid underfunded artists in finding a wider audience and financial backing is now weeding out amateurs. The business of managing and consulting kickstarter initiatives is on its way up. In fact, managing a…
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Where I Write #22: A Room of One’s Own in the Middle of Everything
I’m writing on the bathroom floor, laptop on my knees. It’s tight in here; shower, toilet, and sink crammed together with just enough space left to stand, or in my case, sit
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Modern Day Serfs
The US student loan burden surpasses the trillion dollar mark, ushering in the potential for another loan bubble crisis like that of 2008 and subprime mortgages. Natalia Antonova recounts her all too familiar tale of crushing student debt.
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How To Get Into the Twin Palms Giveaway!
In honor of our recent interview with Karolina Waclawiak and review of her new novel, How To Get Into the Twin Palms, we are announcing a giveaway! The first ten people to email their address to eric AT twodollarradio.com will…
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Partyknife by Dan Magers
When James Wright said, “I have wasted my life,” Dan Magers must haven taken it to heart.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The Rio Olympics are already looking pretty awesome, architecture-wise. The best mobile home design 1985 has to offer. Le Globe Celeste. Someday I hope to live in the space colonies NASA envisioned in the 70s.
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The Rumpus Interview with Ivan Coyote
Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and is the award-winning author of six short story collections, one novel, three CDs, and four short films.
