2015
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Hesitation Wounds by Amy Koppelman
Katie Rogin reviews Hesitation Wounds by Amy Koppelman today in Rumpus Books.
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An Argument Against Spinelessness
Considering the other forces vying to demarcate our time, dividing it up between mass shootings and other traumas, to encounter a packed bookshelf, a library, or a bookstore with a breathtaking procession of spines and all the potential therein—it is…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Bring back Lonesome George(‘s species)! Congratulations on your new tallest peak, North American Arctic. Let’s talk about World War 2 era drones. Here are some vintage holiday window shopping photographs for you. And now, because I’m not above this sort…
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Woman-Size: Female Image-Making and PJ Harvey
A raw video of a diminutive woman howling “I’m the king of the world!” and nearly eating the camera was a welcome assault on late-night TV. It’s why I stayed up on a school night.
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Books May Be Getting Longer
Books are steadily increasing in size, according to a survey that has found the average number of pages has grown by 25% over the last 15 years. According to the Guardian, “the average length has increased from 320 pages in…
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Letter From Woolf Costs A Pretty Penny
For the Guardian, Alison Flood reports that a letter from Virginia Woolf to her friend Philip Morrel will go to auction with a guide price of £1,000-£1,500. The letter tells of Woolf’s experience during the Battle of Britain and urges her friend…
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Camille Paglia on Feminism and the #GirlSquad
Camille Paglia, a feminist writer and theorist, wrote a damning critique of Taylor Swift’s tendency to curate her group of “friends” and bring them onstage as testimony to her good taste, or dominance, or what have you—namely, the phenomenon that has…
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Ditching Amazon: Good for Business
After it dropped Amazon as one of its booksellers, sales for Educational Development Corp. (which has imprints such as Usbourne) titles rose from less than $1,500 a day to around $30,000 per day: The Amazon decision, White added, was also…
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Inside the Secrets of NYPL’s Underground Stacks
The New York Public Library holds more than 16 million volumes, making it the 4th largest library in the United States. Many of those volumes are stored in the Milstein stacks, two levels of the library directly under Bryant Park.…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Rick Moody
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Rick Moody about his new book Hotels of North America, unreliable narrators, hotel porn, how titles are uncopyrightable, and Internet comment sections.
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape
Anna March’s Reading Mixtape will return after the holidays. She looks forward to offering you a bevy of reading recommendations in 2016, and wishes you all a very happy and restful holiday season!
