April 2014
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Twitter: The Next Great American Novel
Fans of the hit television show “The Office” will surely know that former “Office” star BJ Novak has come out with a collection of stories entitled One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories. Find out on Mashable why Novak thinks social media may…
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The Rumpus Review of Nymphomaniac Vol. II
If predictability was insight, if the familiar was shocking, if everyone hadn’t already watched a billion hours of Internet porn, Nymphomaniac might be the movie Lars von Trier thought he was making.
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Discussion Nostalgia, Book Clubbing
Up on your wall behind your office desk is a small sheet of paper, gold-leaf embossed, an emblem in the bottom right hand corner—it reads: The University of Something-or-Rather in authoritative print. But is the paper just filling space? You…
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Notable Chicago: 4/25–5/1
Friday 4/25: Seminary Co-op Bookstore celebrates the release of new books from four Chicago writers. In conjunction with Switchgrass Books, Curbside Splendor, and McSweeney’s, the Bookstore hosts Joe Peterson, Bill Hillman, Ben Tanzer, and Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski. Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5:30-7 p.m.…
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National Poetry Month Day 25: “Rogue Benediction” by Wendy C. Ortiz
Rogue Benediction And we entered the Valley of the Rogue. And we slowed to a crawl. The night’s envelope sealed us in. After several hours, cars deep on the interstate, we resigned ourselves: this first night would be the gateway,…
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Insert Short Story Here
[Beginning in media res in mother’s house.] [Sufficiently dramatic exposition with an obvious, planted echo to the story’s climax.] Story in need of kindling? Take a gander at this short story template from McSweeney’s. Use it as a guide— —Ok.…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Protip: Don’t unleash 1.5 million balloons over a major city. Now some FRENCH vintage movie posters! In the future all news will be delivered via scented bubbles. Obviously we need to bomb Mars. Oh hello there newly discovered 19th Century…
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Sound & Vision: Tony Mangurian
In this second installment, Allyson McCabe sits down with Tony Mangurian, a gifted and versatile engineer, producer, composer, and musician who’s worked with everyone from Willie Nelson to U2, Luscious Jackson to Devendra Banhart.
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The Artful Sentence of Denis Johnson
Sentence construction. That’s all a writer does anyhow, right? Not all sentences are made with great care and hold sentiments like this one: There is something artful and sad in juxtaposing the certainty that something is wrong with the uncertainty…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Leslie Jamison
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Leslie Jamison about The Empathy Exams, vulnerability, creating hybrid nonfiction, and the benefits of working with an indie press like Graywolf.
