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Julie Morse

Julie Morse lives in San Francisco and is a poetry teacher. She can be found @JulieMorse16.
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    Libros

    In light of all the talk on the NYT article on the lack of Latino characters in children’s literature, Gustavo Arellano has created a list of Mexican authored literature for his column ¡Ask A Mexican! Arellano is a master satirist,…

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    Getting Subjunctive

    “This idea of ‘should have’ is a Pandora’s box of regret and hope.” Vietnamese and many other languages do not feature subjunctive speech, however English and most Germanic languages are heavily laden with it. We employ the subjunctive excessively when…

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    Write Stuff Interview

    SF Weekly’s Write Stuff has done a visual and blunt interview with Oakland poet Tom Comitta. Keep an eye out for his Sugar inspired answer, which is yet another reason to hit up our Dear Sugar merchandise!

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    unicorn rocky mountain oyster

    “There was one other mythical bi man in the entire city, but try as I might, I never found him. At the gay bar, I sometimes got called a ‘half-breeder.’” Seth Fischer’s Rumpus essay “Notes from a Unicorn” has made…

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    Happy Birthday, Amy Hempel

    Today is the brilliant Amy Hempel’s birthday! Check out this interview with her on Café Americain, where she praises Rumpus pals Steve Almond and Sheila Heti, and for means of celebration, read (or reread) her glorious short story The Harvest.

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    The Rumpus Interview with Nataly Kelly

    Writer, translator, and interpreter Nataly Kelly talks about the difficulties of translating across cultures, the emotional barriers that interpreters face, and what it really means to be fluent.

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    Winning Typos

    At The Atlantic Wire, Jen Doll chronicles the most embarrassing typos and copy-editing errors of the year. Misspellings have really run the gamut in 2012, including but not limited to, but vs. butt, public vs. pubic, and confusing “socialite” with…

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    First Poet Laureate of L.A.

    On Friday, Eloise Klein was declared L.A.’s first poet laureate. Klein has authored seven books of poetry and is the founder of Arktoi Books press. Check out the interview with her at KPCC.

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    Emerging Author: Leo Tolstoy

    Have issues with classification? Apparently so does Target. Although the film adaptation recently came out, Target guilelessly shelved Anna Karenina in the ‘Emerging Authors’ section. Congrats, Tolstoy, you’ve finally made it!

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    “My Shazam Boobs”

    “I celebrated my tits with him, with all of these people. Hot bras, clingy T-shirts, sexy lingerie shopping forays. Must I abandon celebrating my tits in order to avoid mourning their loss? To find partners who won’t?” Take a look…

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    Watching Rocky Horror with Sylvia Plath

    Lucille comes out to her porch. She’s taking the trash out or checking a burnt light bulb or else just looking at the night. I swear it’s like she’s timed it, like she knows when I’m coming each night: “Well,…

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    A Different Breed of Family Portraits

    Check out Slate’s new photo blog Behold and its showcasing photographer, Leon Borensztein, who has a humorous and unsettling portfolio of portraits. Originally from Poland, Borensztein’s portraits are a sarcastic take on the American Dream, and although the series was shot…

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