2012
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FUNNY WOMEN #71: My Attempts at Sexting
My boyfriend recently informed me that I might be approaching this “sexting” trend wrong. I’m not sure if I agree.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We’ll never leave you again. Let’s all take a moment to appreciate Chinese indie-bookstores. Maybe it’s time for a more rational calendar. The secret message in Lincoln’s pocketwatch (this is my favorite thing today). Child-based art installations are pretty neat…
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Our Brains On Art
“While Rembrandt was an astonishingly talented artist, our response to his art is conditioned by all sorts of variables that have nothing to do with oil paint. Many of these variables are capable of distorting our perceptions, so that we…
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More on Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me #12: Emily Carter
At Emily Books, Rumpus columnist Sari Botton expands on her recent conversation with Emily Carter. Botton addresses her regret at leaving out certain topics, and the personal reasons at the heart of those editorial choices. “Most of all, the issue…
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Paul Lisicky Interview
Small Doggies has an extensive interview with author Paul Lisicky. The discussion moves from previous works, Lawnboy and The Burning House, to his upcoming “hybrid” book, Unbuilt Projects. Lisicky also touches on where he writes and his animal-infused tweets. “Unbuilt…
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Graphic Renaissance
“If a comic can serve as the mediating mask of tragedy, that might help explain why graphic novels are proving so successful in depicting not only torture and war but illness, domestic conflict, even teenage trauma—anything hard to face in…
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Magazine Review #10: Esopus, Issue #17
Reading Esopus is more akin to walking around an art gallery than flipping through a publication. While technically a magazine, in the sense that it’s a bound stack of paper, Esopus is a carefully curated collection of art, photography, writing,…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #117
SKY MALL ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Sky Mall.
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Praise for Wild
“Her account forms a charming, intrepid trial by fire, as she emerges from the ordeal bruised but not beaten, changed, a lone survivor.” Publishers Weekly reviews Rumpus contributor Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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Notable San Francisco: 1/2-1/8
This week in San Francisco-Happy New Year! If you have a favorite museum, it’s probably letting people in free some day this week. Here’s our picks for the days in between. Monday 1/2: My Corner Cafe poetry series featuring Dan…