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Field of Realities: The Rumpus Review of Sugar
There are few sadder places on Earth than a minor league baseball stadium.
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Be Knocked Flat
Poetry readings are notorious for putting audiences to sleep. Which is why Poems Out Loud‘s devotion to the notion of experiencing poetry read aloud—and read well—is so thrilling. The site was inspired by Robert Pinksy’s just-published book Essential Pleasures: A…
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Fifty Years into Raymond Chandler’s Big Sleep, Marlowe Still Speaks
Such is the subject of some fine summarizing in this week’s LA Weekly, which deserves ongoing props for going down with a fight and continuing to publish worthy writing on topics of interest despite the bosses and maladies of print.…
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Best American Nonrequired Blog
The Best American Nonrequired Reading, edited by Dave Eggers, is compiled by a team of high school students who spend the year reading everything they can get their hands on. The students debate the merits of the year’s crop of…
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The Political is the Personal
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s new memoir about life in the Socialist Workers Party shows the effects of political idealism on a child’s upbringing
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Morning Coffee
Sometimes life is really about the simple pleasures. For example: pictures of Scandinavians hiding. SelfControl, a program that blocks email and specific websites for a predetermined period of time so you can work. Pride and Prejudice + Zombies. Scientists are…
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The Last Book I Loved: Runaway
I came late to the Alice Munro party but now that I’m here I’m planted and staying. This book floored me—the first story, yes, good, interesting, intriguing, but it was story #2, “Chance” that handled storytelling and character and mystery…
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Department of Eagles – No One Does It Like You
Via Stu at Chunnel.tv: “This video, for the Department of Eagles track “No One Does It Like You” premiered at the MoMA as part of the museum’s ongoing PopRally series. The video was co-directed by Patrick Daughters and the artist…
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My Love, My Cephalopod
Barbados-based graphic novelist and artist Barnaby Ward has introduced a new series of prints featuring women and sea creatures.
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Reuben Margolin’s Kinetic Wave Sculptures
“Reuben Margolin, a Bay Area visionary and longtime maker, creates totally singular techno-kinetic wave sculptures. Using everything from wood to cardboard to found and salvaged objects, Reubens artwork is diverse, with sculptures ranging from tiny to looming, motorized to hand-cranked.…