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Brian Spears
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Undermining Occupy Wall Street
It doesn’t really matter that this memo has come to light–someone is still going to do this. Count on it. Two things interest me in particular about this memo. The first is the idea that “Democratic victories in 2012 would…
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An Occupy Roundup
You might get the impression from this piece that the NYPD isn’t interested in respecting the right of the press to cover stories involving them. That’s certainly the impression I get. Also, NYPD, that person you’re shoving against
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Science Saturday
The first time neutrinos were measured going faster than the speed of light (something heretofore thought impossible), there were questions about the way they were measured. There’s been a second test, and it seems neutrinos might actually be faster than…
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Saturday Morning Links
I’m typing this with one arm arched over a cat who refuses to move from in front of my laptop. I was at work all day and she missed me, so I can’t really be too whiney about it. Say…
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“Double,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Jeff Hoffman
Double I drink a Belgian and explain to my father, over the phone, why several of his thirty-nine
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An Occupy Roundup
The NYPD cleared Zuccotti Park this morning, at 1:00 a.m. The obvious question for Mayor Bloomberg is why in the middle of the night? If your real concern was the “health and fire safety hazard to the protesters and to…
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Why I Chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Brian Spears on why he chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron as the November selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
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An Occupy Roundup
It’s eviction day in Occupy Oakland. No injuries reported, and 32 people were arrested for failure to disperse. An interesting story of an Oakland police officer who’s been accused of trying to infiltrate the movement. Jay-Z has pulled his Occupy…
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One World, Many Narratives
Rumpus Contributor Mark Folse reports back from the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society Words & Music Conference from Odd Words with gems like this: “Or we can begin with the first question: why American’s don’t read more foreign literature. ‘It’s about…
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Science Saturday
Look, up in the sky! It’s a…Russian probe crashing back to Earth. A new robotic sportscaster–as long as he’s less irritating than Chris Berman, I’m in. I’m shocked! Shocked! to discover the EPA has found fracking compounds in a Wyoming…
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Saturday Morning Links
I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who commented on or liked or otherwise communicated their appreciation for “The Spirit of Violent Lamentation.” I’m glad it touched people in a positive way. Also, it was a complete coincidence…
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The Spirit of Violent Lamentation
My Twitter feed blew up last night when the news came down that Joe Paterno had been fired by Penn State University for his role in the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case.