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Saturday Mid-Morning Links
Good mid-morning everyone. This is, in general, good writing advice, except for the recommendation to reread Strunk & White. Ta-Nehisi Coates has spent much of April doing his own commemoration…
National Poetry Month: Day 24. “Superhero” by Kelly Norman Ellis
Superhero Lasyrenn’s hair like a rope my locks are the new golden lasso, I am Oya rocking hurricanes.
SMALL POTATOES:
A Short Parade
Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
“Disruption is often the element that keeps us from finishing a chapter, a story, or a line.”
“In the House is a book full of windows, of grammatical shapes and designs. Plot, conflict, resolutions, prepositions, stairwells, walls, cabinets. The kick-off story leads us to enter the book…
iBooks Aren’t Moving Fast
“When it comes to buying apps in the iTunes App Store, books are the most widely available, but they’re also the apps least likely to be purchased, according to Apptizr,…
Because It’s Friday…
We’re not ones to mention Stephen Colbert (there are plenty of sites that have reposting the man’s work covered), but Rumpus contributor Lincoln Michel, author of one of our most…
Tribeca Film Festival Questionnaire: We Ask, They Answer. #1: Meskada
WE ASK THE ACTORS TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS… AND DRAW Meskada, a murder mystery set in a rural town reeling from depression, premiered Thursday night on day two of the…
Rejected Chris Ware
Paul Constant at The Stranger says it best: “Everybody knows that Chris Ware is a genius, but his rejected cover for Fortune‘s 500th issue is some kind of satiric masterpiece.”…
We ♥ Books
“This is what’s so frustrating when you talk to people in the mainstream publishing industry. They’re so sure no one loves books anymore–because the corporate accountants are telling them they…
Tune of the Day
Artists: Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell Song: “Conversations About a Friend (Who’s in Love with Katie)”