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The Rumpus Review of Wonderful World
Wonderful World taps the fretful zeitgeist, but trips along with freshness and humor and pleasant darkness, like Broken Flowers or Happy-Go-Lucky.
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One More Thing That Literature Is Good For
A few weeks ago, I went to a dermatologist to have something on my nose removed. He said less than two sentences to me, asked me one question he didn’t listen to the answer to, ignored my protests, had a…
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“The Mystery Box”
“I wept. For, however beautiful the sunlight, I had disrupted the natural order of things.” A.N. Devers tweets a short story about Daylight Savings.
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Politics Sunday
Hey! You! I love doing these political links, but no one clicks on them. So I want to hear from you: What kind of political links do you want to see? What are you interested in? I will scour the…
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Too Many Choices
“I feel like an alcoholic pushed into a permanently stocked bar, and I can’t even taste the merlot because I’m trying to down a tequila and sip a martini at the same time. I’m dying to return to the mono-media…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“When is it okay to write about heartbreak?” (via) “Edward Gorey” covers the classics. (via) At Jacket Copy, all things publishing-oriented at SXSW. The British love words so much they had a festival! Margaret Atwood is going to sing in…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Lately, it’s been so crappy out I’ve been wondering what I did to offend the fates, but I think they’ve now forgiven me, because it is a beautiful spring day.
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SMALL POTATOES:
As if I haven’t alienated enough people alreadyClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Congratulations to Rae Armantrout for winning the National Book Critics Circle Award for her collection Versed. This post by Al Filreis made me send him a Facebook friend request, just so I can find out how the conversation ended. (If…
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Science Saturday
Let’s say a killer asteroid is headed toward earth and we manage to get our heads together long enough to aim a nuke at it and actually hit the thing. We might still be hosed. And assuming we can destroy…