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Totalitarian Kitsch
“It is the official art of authoritarian governments, aimed at extending state control through propaganda. Totalitarian kitsch exists to glorify the state, foster a personality cult surrounding the dictator and celebrate ceaseless and irrevocable social and economic progress through images…
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In Defense Of Horror
“How certain are you, anyhow, that what you call ‘unpleasantness’ is not a necessary, even crucial, part of our experience? Maybe you should lock yourself up in your heart long enough to work out your actual relationship to matters like…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #28:
Jean-Paul Sartre famously said that “hell is other people,” which is true enough, but truer still is hell is other people’s boyfriends (or girlfriends, as the case may be).
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Lightbulbs to Moons
“As lightbulbs are to the moon, first stories are to finished books.” The Morning News talks with author Philip Graham about publishing his first short story, writing dispatches for McSweeney’s, and being edited by a former student.
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“Some rats are going, most rats are staying.”
Over at The Awl Choire Sicha talks with Paul Ford, the now-former web editor of Harper’s, about why he quit, what’s going on at the magazine (“Jennifer Szalai, a senior editor, who handled reviews, also quit this week”), his plans…
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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.
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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 two industry executives with direct knowledge of the discussions.” The…
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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 world of Arabic design. (via JourneyRoundMySkull.) On the personhood of…
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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 basketball tournament.
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“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.”