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Brotherly Love
My old man was like Zeus’s father Cronos: he couldn’t bear the idea that any of his children might surpass him. Life radiated from the central pulse of his scrap-metal yard; the world beyond it seemed to make him defensive…
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Morning Coffee
This is really dumb but I can’t stop staring at it; tiny versions of bigger things. Gerry Canavan points us in the direction of THE BLOOP. Sea monster? Cthulu? Nothing at all? The National Library of New Zealand on Flickr.…
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Nick Hornby on the Music Blogs
“It took me longer than it should have done to work out that the internet is one giant independent record shop — thousands and thousands of cute little independent record shops, anyway — and they don’t actually charge you for the…
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In Love Online
A little snapshot of love stories from around the web. One of my all-time favorite love stories told at the Moth podcast: Mike Destefano recalling his love for Franny in Franny’s Last Ride. Calvin Trillin, who always wrote about his…
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The Revolution Has Begun
Dear writers and readers, Finally! The inaugural post for the new Rumpus column Funny Women can be read here. This is just the beginning. You, the writers and readers, will be generating the content each week. I’ll keep the Funny…
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FUNNY WOMEN #1: The New Rumpus Humor Column: I Am Sorry That I Didn’t Write a Comedy Piece
I guess it’s time for me to get serious about writing this comedy piece. Emoticon.
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“Girls Gone Gory”
Rumpus contributor Michelle Orange just posted a scream of an article in The New York Times about women in horror films. Specifically focusing on the upcoming Jennifer’s Body, the article “Taking Back the Knife—Girls Gone Gory” details the complex role…
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Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing
Lydia Peelle’s stories focus on scurrilous ne’er-do-wells who flail about in circumstances beyond their control.
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Aaron Gilbreath: The Last Book I Loved, Ray
I used to think I was somewhat daring as a reader, but apparently I was not. After reading Barry Hannah’s story collection Airships, I bought five of his other books in a flurry of excitement; then they sat there on…
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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men Trailer
David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews With Hideous Men is being made into a movie. More info here. (via Gawker)