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Isaac Fitzgerald

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.
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    Photos From Last Night

    The talented Maggie Oran has posted photos from last night’s Rumpus event in San Francisco.

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    Advertisement

    Rumpus Film Editor Jeremy Hatch is now offering his editorial skills to the general public. He has nine years of experience as a writer and as an editor, he has worked on everything from 1-page resumés to book-length manuscripts, and…

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    Tree Branch Falls on Power Lines

    Whoa.

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    Tune of the Day

    Artist: AA Bondy Song: “I Can See the Pines are Dancing” (Live)

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    Black Thursday at Borders

    “It took a little longer than employees thought, but the expected cuts in the store workforce at Borders began last week in what employees on various blogs are calling ‘Black Thursday.’ The number of cuts is unclear, and the retailer…

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    David Foster Wallace Archives

    The archive of David Foster Wallace has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center.

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    Remembering St. Clair McKelway

    “In the annals of injustice, as The New Yorker might phrase it, the obscurity into which St. Clair McKelway has fallen amounts to a literary crime.” Craig Seligman discusses his memories of McKelway, a new collection of his work (Reporting…

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    When Does Heartbreak Become a Story?

    Rumpus contributor (and reader at tonight’s Sleeping With Friends) Jami Attenberg discusses getting over heartbreak, and asks “when does it become just a story?”

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    Tune of the Day, R.I.P. Mark Edition

    Artist: Sparklehorse Song: “It’s a Wonderful Life” R.I.P. Mark Linkous

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    Limited Time Panorama Offer (Final Chance!)

    Tickets to the Monthly Rumpus in San Francisco TODAY are only $10 (cheap!). But, for a limited time, if you purchase your tickets online you have the option to pay $15 and receive a copy of McSweeney’s issue 33: The…

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    An Unlikely Advocate

    “As someone who long reaped a paycheck from the sale of books, Mr. Mod isn’t looking at the transition with any form of glee. Instead, he argues that it doesn’t really matter which vessel we choose to read on, since…

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    My Girlfriend Comes to the City

    A kink.com documentary about Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott‘s erotica collection My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up. Really not safe for work.