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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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    Man Booker Drama

    Today Philip Roth beat out a “stellar shortlist” to win the Man Booker International prize. But that’s not the drama. No,  “Judge Withdraws Over Philip Roth’s Booker Win,” is the drama. That’s right, Carmen Callil has retired from the award…

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    Rumpus Readings

    Over at Litseen Nicole McFeely has posted videos from last month’s Rumpus and ruminates on the definition of success. Bonus? Litseen’s video pick of the week is Jim Shepard reading from the beginning of his story “Boys Town” (so good).

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    Speaking of Drinky Crow

    Click here to view the first appearance of Drinky Crow (Tony Millionaire’s classic character) back in 1993.

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    A Book’s Face

    “For authors, choosing a book cover is the fraught moment their very private creation starts putting on its game face and getting ready to enter the market. For cover designers, it can also be the beginning of their own struggle…

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    Orientation ♥

    “The story collection is made up of moments, one after another, of startlingly poignant yet ostensibly ordinary interactions.” Rumpus Book Club member John Francisconi loves this month’s selection, Orientation by Daniel Orozco.

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    SEO Killed the Headline Star?

    On the importance of “Saving Witty Headlines in the Age of Search Engine Optimization.”

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    “I Don’t Plan Before I Color.”

    The San Francisco Chronicle profiles our own Wendy MacNaughton, whose latest piece you can view here.

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    Sumo Lake

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    Everything Is Its Own Reward

    Publisher’s Weekly has published a review of our very own Paul Madonna’s most recent book, Everything Is Its Own Reward, calling it “exquisite.” You can read the whole review here, and purchase Paul’s book here.

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    T. Jones on TNB

    “It’s funny—when it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. For fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.” Tayari Jones, author of this month’s Rumpus Book Club selection Silver Sparrow, chats with…

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    Silver Sparrow Love

    “I read  it in virtually one sitting. I could not put Jones’s suspenseful story of a man’s deceit and the pain it causes his family down even for a minute.” Rumpus Book Club member Mandy Boles (aka The Well-Read Wife)…

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    Because It’s Friday

    Author and New Yorker editor Ben Greenman’s “Museum of Silly Charts.”