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Morning Coffee
Just when I was starting to lose faith in my city of choice, they go and announce a trampoline park. The New York Times wants you to be all about container gardens. Meanwhile, in England, Cambridge celebrated its 800th year,…
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Hootie Populism: Darius Rucker Is Country Music’s Newest Hit-Maker
Editor’s Note: We realize this breaks our “no pop” rule, but this essay was too good to pass up. Darius Rucker is not Hootie. Instead, he’s Darius, the former lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish, a band that since…
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Auto-Tune the News #10: Turtles
How’d we miss this one? Anyways, here you go, the latest from The Gregory Brothers.
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The April Monthly Rumpus
Get Advance Tickets! Click Here! 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! With a Performance by Yo-Yo Master Doctor Popular. Music by The…
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Facebook Gives You Syphilis
“Professor Peter Kelly, director of public health in Teesside, claimed staff had found a link between social networking sites and the spread of the bacteria, especially among young women.” A researcher in Britain claims that Facebook is contributing to a…
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Steve Almond on Music Criticism
“Am I suggesting that music criticism is a pointless exercise? Yeah, I guess I am. In many cases it’s even worse than that. Because critics are, by their very job description, charged with being hypercritical. I certainly was. It was…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Robot journalists! What could possibly go wrong? (via Book Bench) “Houses are not homes – they are holes and caves.” Apparently, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is a short story writer. And he’s not very good. Happy birthday to the Millions!…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Rumpus Books has been busy with tons of excellent reviews. Also, illustrations and cute book excerpts. Come check it out.
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
The poet Ai Ogawa died last week, and her official obituary is available here. Oliver de la Paz, who knew her briefly while he was in graduate school, had a story to share as well. Janisse Ray on Wendell Berry.…