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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #4: Duck
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) Duck They were so young, this couple still new to their stories, looking ahead and not looking, locked into marriage.…
why i am not afraid to take your money, by amanda fucking palmer
(Editor’s note. Yesterday we linked to Amanda Palmer’s excellent blog post, Why I’m not afraid to take your money. But we liked her post so much we asked if we…
A Future of Vooks
The New York Times has an article running about “vooks”: a book that has videos incorporated within. The article strives to illuminate the argument that in a technology-oriented world, books—for…
Behind the Scenes of Being Bored to Death
The Jonathan Ames you may love and know is not only out with a new book but also a new series on HBO which is a spin-off from his real…
A Short, Personal History of Small, Independent Publishing (1995-2009)
Guys do a lot of things for girls’ attention, and my involvement with Mused Magazine was one of those things.
Morning Coffee
I heart Ernst Haeckel. (via Metafilter.) Kevin Barnes interviews Daryl Hall. Awesome. Umbrella cloud. Every single page of every single issue of Time Magazine from the 30s through the 70s.…
Amanda Palmer is “Not Afraid To Take Your Money”
Amanda Palmer, who says that she’s been getting criticism for making money from her webcasts, has one hell of a manifesto up on her blog called, subtly enough, “Why I…
Jim Shepard on Writing Fiction That’s Got Some Truth to It
“The first worry writers have when they consider working with something like historical events has to do with the issue of authority: as in, where do I get off writing…
Stephen Elliott on Wearing Panties in San Francisco
Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott has been named one of San Francisco hot 20 under 40 by 7×7 Magazine. In this 7×7 video interview he talks about sexual acceptance in San…