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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Good morning! I have a feeling today’s gonna be alright. If you didn’t know already, Roxane Gay and GIANT are launching a literary magazine club, which is also pretty alright if you ask me. The Village Voice has named the “Best…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
There’s no day like a rainy Sunday to catch up with Rumpus Books.
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
I realize that NBA basketball is too pop culture-y for us at The Rumpus, but the poetry contest that the Miami Herald put together for the arrival of LeBron James has been too good to pass up. P. Scott Cunningham…
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Yes, Mechanics Matter (to me, anyway)
Roxane Gay at HTMLGIANT has an interesting piece on the issue of clean, mechanically-sound writing, especially in the creative world, and muses on whether or not the ease of publication online now has made it too easy to be sloppy.…
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Science Saturday
The Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity succeeded beyond everyone’s greatest hopes. Now, NASA is building a new Mars rover named Curiosity, which is much larger and heavier than the earlier two, and you can watch it being built. There’s more…
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The Latest from Wikileaks
Wikileaks has released 400,000 secret US Army field reports from the Iraq conflict. The UK Guardian has extensive coverage of what’s included in them, and it’s stomach-churning stuff. Why am I linking to a UK news source rather than, say,…
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Happy Birthday, Creation!
The universe is officially 6,013 years old today, according to the calculations of James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland. I think we should throw the universe a party to celebrate.
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Saturday Morning Links
This gets my vote as headline of the week. And it might be good advice if you’re looking to boost voter turnout. Maybe we could offer these as premiums. Are you a naturally-born woman between 18-27, a registered voter, never…
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Donate to Pop Serial and Get Free Swag
For those unaware, Pop Serial is a limited edition lit journal published by the one and only Stephen Dierks (peep his work here). Their second issue features the work of such notable writers as Tao Lin, Frank Hinton, Noah Cicero…
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Little Reptiles and How to Draw a Hamster
In a new artistic video by Amanda Joy, Surf Guru author Doug Dorst reads his story “Little Reptiles,” and creepy crawlies start to come out of the woodworks (well, background). In another artistic video, Richard Yates author Tao Lin discusses…
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GENERATION GAP #6: An Advice Columnist Asks For Advice
Although we all talked about keeping in touch, we knew it was really a goodbye dinner.