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Ashley Perez
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Government Shut Down Round-Up
This is the first federal government shut down in 17 years! Here is a break down in who goes to work and who stays home. Even if the shut down is resolved, whether or not to raise the debt ceiling…
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Enter the Natural Way
Rumpus contributor Wendy C. Ortiz is on the trail of Mary Jane. The debut of her monthly column at McSweeney’s has her visiting medical marijuana dispensaries all over Los Angeles County. First up: The Natural Way.
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It’s Banned Book Week!
It is that wonderful time of year when a scent of the forbidden fills the air. It is banned book week and the LA Times has assembled a gallery of banned and challenged books! Now enjoy free speech and read…
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You Are Behaving Like An Animal
Forthrite presents: You are behaving like an animal, a book and series of prints by Rumpus illustrator Liam Golden! You are behaving like an animal invites viewers to re-invent the myths and metaphors of Human vs. Animal, Human as Animal, Animal as…
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The Bullies of Goodreads
“When you’re an author, you expect that you’re going to get bad reviews. You expect that you may even get extremely bad, unfair reviews. But there is a segment of Goodreads that has gotten completely, utterly out of hand.” Author…
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Feeling Unlucky?
If you’re feeling unlucky, think about Winston from 1984 or Grandmother from A Good Man is Hard to Find. How about Gregor from The Metamorphosis? These characters didn’t necessarily have an unfortunate Friday the 13th but we can all agree, they certainly had…
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Notable Los Angeles: 9/7-9/13
Saturday 9/7: Write Large Press presents LAB●FEST in celebration of the grand opening of DT●LAB (an independent art, literature, music and creative space.) Readers include Sesshu Foster, Luis Javier Rodriguez, Rumpus contributor Wendy C. Ortiz and many more. Noon-11 p.m.…
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Babylon Salon in SF
This Saturday don’t miss the Babylon Salon at Cash Bar Exotica! The event features Dean Rader, Ben Loory, Mark Morford, Anita Barrows, and Lindsay Tam Holland. Learn more about the event here. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., reading starts at 7:00.
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Barevolution, Hello Revolution!
If George Orwell survived a shot in the throat by a fascist sniper, surely I could muster the courage to walk past a pro-government storm trooper to offer a polite flower. Viken Berberian writes about the tumultuous political evolution of…
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Literature hits the streets of LA
Save the date! The Rumpus & Dirty Laundry Lit present a fun-filled event for the first-ever Lit-Crawl in Los Angeles. The stellar line-up includes Susan Orlean, Simone Kang, and Johnny Alfie, as well as Rumpus Contributors Jillian Lauren, Natashia Deón, Kima Jones and Zoë Ruiz. The event…
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The Joyners: Comic Adaptation
We’re definitely intrigued by The Joyners, a book that will include 3D art. It’s also described as a meeting of The Jetsons and American Beauty! Learn more about The Joyners on The 25 Most Anticipated Comic Books of Fall 2013.
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Notable Los Angeles: 8/31-9/6
Saturday 8/31: Please join PoetrIE, an Inland Empire literary community, for a night of poetry at Beyond Baroque! Featuring world renowned Poet Chad Sweeney and a special guest with the support of Lawrence Eby, Cindy Rinne, Isabel Quintero, L.B. Aaron…