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Arlene McKanic: The Last Book I Loved, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, the latest novel by the prolific Walter Mosley, is one of the best books I’ve ever read — and I’ve read a lot of books, including those from a fair amount by dead white…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
See you guy’s on Monday. Um, hello, this is an article about flying snakes. Coyote pest control is the best pest control. (via @ebertchicago.) Ice touch screen! This week has been really great so you probably need something really upsetting:…
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Adam Levin
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Adam Levin about The Instructions, Bar Mitzvahs, thinking you’re the Messiah, and what it’s like to publish a 1,000+ page book.
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Now that a trademark for “Face” seems likely to be awarded to Facebook, are they thinking about going after “book,” too? Academia is trying to bring cred to Wikipedia. A new Netflix pricing plan lets you watch online content without…
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Here’s Who You Hit Up For a Beer
The NEA has announced their creative writing fellows in creative writing for 2010-2011. Among the winners are some people whose work we’ve featured here at The Rumpus: Jericho Brown (also here and here), Anna Journey (also here), and Alexandra Teague.…
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Tangier
“Tangier may be a different place from the one that accommodated Bowles, William S Burroughs, Jack Kerouac and so many other giants of 20th-century literature, but there’s still a tang to the place that provides an exciting sense of what…
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“Self-absorption is general, as is self-doubt.”
An essay from 1979 by Joan Didion about the work of Woody Allen. (via TheMillions)
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Murdoch vs. Gawker
Looking for a good summary of events between Rupert Murdoch’s HarperCollins and Gawker concerning the leaked excerpt of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named’s book? Look no further.
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And the Nominees Are…
Click here to find out who has been nominated for the eighteenth annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award. (via MobyLives)