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Notable Portland: 3/31–4/6
Thursday 3/31: Local poets Willa Schneberg, Paul Lapier, and Patricia Bollin read from their latest work. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 4/3: The Portland Poetry Slam hosts its semi-finals. Portland Center Stage, 6:30 p.m., $5 suggested donation. Warm…
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Something Will Happen, You’ll See by Christos Ikonomou
Daniel Larkins reviews Something Will Happen, You’ll See by Christos Ikonomou today in Rumpus Books.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Here are your cat based Czech and Polish movie posters for the day. Yes but what’s going on in space pictures this week? Measuring things with ships. Photographing Hong Kong’s dying neon. The plants remember all.
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My Life with Annie Lennox: Don’t Let it Bring You Down
Whereas I once was “Abby, the girl who harbored a ridiculous but harmless amount of love for that weird ’80s singer, Annie Lennox,” I was now suddenly “Abby, the girl most parents might want their teenage children to avoid.”
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The Conversation: Angel Nafis, Safia Elhillo, and Elizabeth Acevedo
I don’t think it ever fully sunk in for me that I even live in America.
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The Read Along: Kelsey Miller
The Read Along is a new column that offers a glimpse into the reading habits of real-life writers. Our first installment features Kelsey Miller, author of the memoir Big Girl and columnist at Refinery29.
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Notable San Francisco: 3/30–4/5
Wednesday 3/30: Helen McDonald (H is for Hawk and Shaleer’s Fish: Poems) will appear at Dominican University, presented by Book Passage. If you haven’t yet visited Dominican University, you will find it to be one of the sweetest venues in the…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Here’s your anti-imperialist Soviet flip book for the day. Sometimes you just want to look at different vintage Ouija boards. New to me: photographing the transportation strides from the New York World’s Fairs. At least climate change is making some…
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The Rumpus Interview with Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle discusses his latest book, The Ballad of Black Tom, patience, H.P. Lovecraft, and reinvention.
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Dad’s Friend
Charlie knows people, and he could introduce you to some important connections. Why don’t you spend a weekend at his house?
