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John Dies at the End
An expanded on-line novel aimed at the teenage-slacker demo offers one too many penis jokes and pop-culture shout outs.
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Health Care Links
Which Way Will Harry Reid Go On Public Option? Senator Olympia Snowe is “the only Republican in Congress” who might vote for health care reform. Washington Times spreads new health care lie. 24 Blue Dogs Have Said They Support a…
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Changes at TriQuarterly
TriQuarterly, once called “perhaps the preeminent journal for literary fiction” by the New York Times, will no longer exist as a “printed product” next year. Unfortunately this does not mean that the publication, which has been in print for over…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #3
GLENN BECK ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Glenn Beck.
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Notable New York, This Week 9/28-10/4
This week in New York, Charles Simic reads, Spin Mag hosts Salman Rushdie, The New York Film Festival opens, Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in Peter Sellars’ production of Othello and Robert Lepage’s “Mindblowing” Lipsynch begins at BAM. Monday, September 28,…
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Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #4
Feng shui? Fuck that, Doug. This katana sword is going right over the headboard. It’s sexy.
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Magic Gardens: The Rumpus Interview With Viva Las Vegas
Viva Las Vegas’ saucy new memoir Magic Gardens is about stripping in Portland, Oregon during the 90’s when the “stripping as performance art” trend was taking hold and pro-porn feminism was a fledgling idea.
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Morning Coffee
Important science news: the universe is delicious! Need a good hideout? Al Capone’s is for sale. The American Girl homeless doll is surprisingly expensive. Or maybe not surprisingly, I don’t even know anymore. On the distance between McDonald’s. The final…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
It’s your humble Sunday guest editor back in the hot seat again for another wild ride through the bookblogosphere! Today is special to me because the Folsom Fair will be happening which, if you’ve never been, is one of the…