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Take a Hike, or “Thoreau Was a Neuroscientist”
Stop reading this and go outside and take a walk somewhere nature-like. Right now. Okay, did you go? Good. Now you might actually pay attention to me.
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Politics Sunday
If you haven’t yet heard about Goodluck Jonathan, the new President of Nigeria, you should read this article. Why does everyone think artists are terrible at governing? Andrew Sullivan posts the full report from the Office of Professional Responsibility on “Enhanced…
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Some Notes on Lyricism
“Like most people, I would rather be someone else. The prose this other self would write would be sharp and coiled, deadly like a snake; not all soggy and attenuated like a garden hose, spritzing dewily, indiscriminately, over thorns and…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
In my (wow, it’s already been almost a) year here as Sunday editor at The Rumpus, I’ve never seen a week with so much incredible content. If you missed it, come take a peek.
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
I’m always interested in new and engaging ways to bring writing to people, so with that in mind, Diagram’s 10th Anniversary issue is out–well, it’s not an issue, exactly. It’s a deck of cards. But I bought it, and everyone…
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Acts of the Faculty
There’s often a bit of overlap between writers and academia–not as much of one as those of us on the job market would like at times, but it’s there all the same. And so to my fellow writer/teachers, or for…
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Real Talk
Should memoirs be reviewed – or is any criticism of personal writing by definition ad hominem? There is an intense conversation taking place over in the comments section of our recent review of Kathleen Rooney’s For You, For You I…
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SMALL POTATOES:
High & Low ArtClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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Not to brag or anything
But have you noticed who reads and links to us? Yeah, we’re moving up in the world. Love you too, Andrew. May I call you Andrew?