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Tune of the Day, R.I.P. Alex Edition
Artists: Big Star Song: “The Ballad of El Goodo” R.I.P. Alex Chilton.
Amazon Continues the eBook Fight
“Amazon.com has threatened to stop directly selling the books of some publishers online unless they agree to a detailed list of concessions regarding the sale of electronic books, according to…
Morning Coffee
Dolphins are really tired of all this “trying to swim with them” crap. Looking for a job? Flavorwire wants to show you their favorite pieces of SoCal architecture. Exploring the…
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #22: The Army Awakened
On writing about war: This year, according to my careful calculations (or at least according to the bracket I just hastily filled out), Syracuse University will win the NCAA men’s…
“We are seeing renewed interest in the short story.”
Well here’s some good news for all you short fiction writers: “The Atlantic is going to start publishing fiction again.”
“Least of All for Profit”
“I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work — a life’s work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit,…
The Best of It
Kay Ryan has been compared to Emily Dickinson, and I like to imagine Dickinson and Marianne Moore reading her with sly commiseration. Unlike some poets with recognizable styles, Ryan does…
Paper Fight
We’ve previously mentioned the fascinating battle taking place in San Francisco between the city’s two weekly newspapers: The San Francisco Bay Guardian (who won a $21 million dollar judgment against…
A Tipsy Tribute to the Leading Literary Lush of the Emerald Isle: Brendan Behan
At least as well known for his boozing as for his books, iconic Irish author Brendan Behan (1923 – 1964) was a rollicking, larger-than-life Gaelic knockabout—a foul-mouthed, furry-chested stereotype of…