Stars of the Night Commute
Stars of the Night Commute is a tremendous first book by a poet who has been publishing for some time now… One distinctive feature of Božičević’s work is that her…
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SKID MARKS ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing skid marks.
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Valuing Education
“Over all, salaries for this academic year are 1.2 percent higher than last year, the smallest increase recorded in the survey’s 50 years — and well below the 2.7 percent…
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The April Monthly Rumpus in SF
Tonight! Click here to buy tickets! April 12th at The Makeout Room, 3225 22nd Street, 7pm. Featuring authors Mac McClelland, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Randall Mann, Susan Steinberg, and Broke-Ass Stuart!…
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Fuck the tour group, Doug. These guys want to take us back to their village and show us the real Amazon. Besides, remember how the guide even said there’s cannabis…
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I’m sorry, but you can no longer smoke on submarines. Pictures of other people’s offices. On art and Jacque Cousteau’s dream of living under the sea. Shakespearean semantics arguments. More…