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The Elixir of Immortality by Gabi Gleichmann
Leland Cheuk reviews Gabi Gleichmann’s THE ELIXIR OF IMMORTALITY today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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The OED in the Global Age
Revising the OED is no easy feat. Following a rare change in the dictionary’s leadership, Lorien Kite takes the opportunity to explore the implications of the most recent additions to the OED, the evolution of language, and the role of…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
OH MY GOD LOOK AT THIS GIANT SQUID! Exciting boredom developments. All I want is to go to the island of swimming pigs. Home improvements 70s style. The hero shrew could maybe support your weight (please don’t try).
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Self-Made Man #24: Love Your Emergency
As I look toward the East River and my teenage summers, I sometimes see my old body continuing on without me, living the slow-and-steady life I’d planned for so carefully and not this spectacular mess I’ve come, I think, to…
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Virtual Seminars: Reed, Hayes, & Trethewey
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) sponsored program at University of Kansas, Don’t Deny My Voice: Reading and Teaching African American Poetry, hosts virtual seminars with poets Nikki Giovanni, Terrance Hayes, Liegh McInnis, Brenda Marie Osbey, Ishmael Reed and Natasha Trethewey…
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“Who the Hell Cares About Anne Sexton’s Grandmother?”
When we read a piece of fiction, we don’t assume—or at least we know we’re not supposed to assume—it’s a faithful recreation of an event in the author’s life. But what about when we read a poem? For Poetry, Kathleen Rooney writes…
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Louisiana Town Votes to Save Library
Last week, EveryLibrary reported that “Mr. Lindel Toups, chair of the Parish Council in Lafourche, LA…is orchestrating a ‘special election’ this Saturday to take money away from the library to build a new jail. Yes, literally taking money from the…
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New Edition of Philip Roth Available
Exciting publishing news from the Onion, everyone! Looks like Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is releasing a new leather-bound Philip Roth! No, really. Like, the man himself is bound in leather.
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Children’s Books Still Dominated by White Boys
We’ve blogged before about the issue of representation in children’s and young-adult literature. This post by Soraya Chemaly looks at the numbers and finds that kid-lit books feature twice as many male protagonists as female ones (three times as many…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #208
IDENTITY THEFT ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing identity theft.
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Notable SF: 11/18–11/24
Monday 11/18: The Porchlight Storytelling Series continues with There Will Be Blood: Stories about Family. Readers include Rumpus pal Sean Keane, Chris Caen, Marianna Cherry, Jay Beaman, Karen Duffin, Brontez Purnell, and Jesse Rimler. $15 adv, $20 door, 8 p.m. at…
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“Ladies Be Sure Your Pants Are Buttoned”
Dangerous Minds has a splendid collection of vintage photos of drag kings from back in the day when “the simple act of walking down a public street dressed in clothing associated with the gender you were not assigned at birth…