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“FCC Endorses Network Neutrality” Activists behind yesterday’s NY Post parody have been detained by police. “Glenn Beck: McCain Would Have Been Worse Than Obama” Journalism still finding recruits, if not profits (via MediaBistro) “Nine Surefire Ways to Get Retweeted”
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview with Shya Scanlon
We’re catching up with Shya Scanlon halfway through the serialization of his novel, Forecast, across 42 web journals and blogs. The Rumpus: How is the serialization going? How are people responding to it? Are they following the novel across its…
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Stop Making Sense
An odd ‘un in the Guardian about a new study in this month’s Psychological Science:
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Re-Commencement: Notes on an English Professor’s Retirement
My father knew he had a jealous daughter, and I knew he was impervious: the books—and the inner life he cultivated with tremendous discipline—would always win.
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Morning Coffee
Scientists capture giant squid in the Gulf of Mexico! (via MeFi.) Nicholas Gurewitz (of the completely brilliant Perry Bible Fellowship) has created a soundtrack to the fake Wes Anderson movie The Cloud Photographers. I kind of love the Yes Men.…
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Postcards from Lagos
The other week, Juxtapoz photographer Chris Osburn published a bunch of photos from a recent trip to Nigeria, and he’s calling the series Postcards from Lagos. He reports that Lagos is a place where you have to stay alert, lest…
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“I love you, Irene.”
“Nothing I can say can change the past.” “I done lost my voice.” “I would like to say goodbye.” “I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You don’t have to.” Rumpus contributor Claire Cameron,…
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Notable New York, This Week 9/21-9/27
As the New York Bureau Chief, I thought it might be a good idea to round up some notable literary and cultural events going on around New York that I think readers of The Rumpus would be interested in. So,…
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A More Harmonious Union
It’s become pro forma for the media to refer to those citizens who descended upon Washington, DC, on September 12, as loyal opponents of the Obama agenda. Fair enough. But what do these folks actually believe? To what facts and…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #2
MY BODY ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my body.