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Sgt. Leonard Matlovich’s Grave
I believe this to be the saddest headstone I have ever seen (click the image to enlarge). It belongs to Technical Sergeant Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988), a Vietnam War veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, and advocate…
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In the Art Rags
The future and the past converge in this month’s art coverage. Fecal Face interviews Damon Soule about having multiple dreams at the same time. Gene Moreno and Ernesto Oroza tell e-flux about Little Haiti. In Cabinet, Aaron Schuster writes about…
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Beasts at the Border
The subjects—animal and human—in Amy Stein’s beautiful collection of photographs, “Domesticated,” find themselves at the uneasy intersection of nature and civilization. Her strange and discomforting—but also sometimes amusing—images capture man and beast on the brink of implied confrontation, sometimes separated…
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Rabbit Reduxion – Looking back at Updike
In the wake of losing several authors of extreme significance this last year, David Foster Wallace, Studs Terkel, and now John Updike, a bevy of reflection floods in. Search for David Foster Wallace on the Rumpus, and you’ll find a…
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Shiny, Decadent, and Seedy: A One-Question Interview with Hally McGehean
As a teenager, Hally McGehean was the most glamorous person I knew. When I was seventeen I was in love with her.
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Morning Coffee
Japanese shipyard gone feral. We are pretty sure this is what the next Pixar movie is going to be about. (via Metafilter) Kerouac as fantasy baseball enthusiast. From New Scientist, half of all raindrops fall faster than thought possible. I…
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THE EYEBALL: Illusions
Remember when The Illusionist and The Prestige both vied to be the winter 2007 movie about magicians? No? Anyway, transport yourself back to those fabled days of January and February 2007. I know what you’re thinking. You were too busy…
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The Shorty Q & A with Princess Superstar
The hip-hop mash-up royalty rapper Princess Superstar has always been unpredictable. As a DJ and recording artist she’s made a career of irreverent lyrics that are steeped in sex and irresistibly danceable.
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Blogging in the poetry world tends to slow in the summer months in my experience, but we’re not quite there yet, so there’s plenty of bloggy goodness from this week. Here’s a taste. Charles Bernstein asks if art criticism is…