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Isaac Fitzgerald
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“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
“His writings have changed the consciousness of a generation, and helped open new paths to understanding and its crucial meaning for our lives.” Noam Chomsky on Howard Zinn, who died today at the age of 87.
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Freedom of (Virtual) Assembly
Well this certainly isn’t your parents’ protest. The group Rethink Afghanistan has “executed a widespread war protest on the White House’s Facebook page.” Learn more at Mashable: “War Protesters Storm Facebook Before the State of the Union Address.”
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“Be a Warrior, Woman.”
“Even if you could please everyone, if you were an artist with as many gifts as Berdeshevsky, why would you want to?” Brian Beglin reviews Margo Berdeshevsky’s Beautiful Soon Enough.
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iTampon Links
“People are making a joke due to unfortunate word associations in the name of Apple’s new tablet, the iPad.” Twitter’s iTampon trending topic page. The Internet’s best period-related iPad jokes. Were there any, ANY, women on Apple’s branding team? Not…
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NBCC Finalists Announced
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for its 2009 book awards. Among those named are D. A. Powell (whose Rumpus Original Combo can be read here) for poetry and Bonnie Jo Campbell (whose Rumpus Original Combo can…
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“When I’m Thirsty and When I’m Not”
“Charles Baudelaire (1821 – 1867): Booze, Opium; Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849): Alcohol, Opiates; Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 – 1861): Opium; Stephen King (1947 – present): Booze, Cocaine, Prescription Meds; Dorothy Parker (1893 – 1967): Alcohol; Brendan Behan (1923…
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“Mr. Plimpton’s Revenge”
Author Dinty W. Moore has an interesting tale about chance run-ins with George Plimpton that starts when Moore was an undergrad at the University of Pittsburgh and ends, decades later, in Baltimore, Maryland. What makes the story more than just…
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Vollmann on Prostitution
“Well, I’m getting older, so I can’t get it up as much as I used to. […] I think prostitutes are amazing people with so much knowledge of human nature and so many fantastic stories. Some of them are scam…
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Almond on “Hysterical Lyricism” and the Splinter Generation
“Why do you think people are emailing and texting and twittering and Facebook updating in such a compulsive manner? Because they’re lonely as all hell…” The Splinter Generation has an interview with Rumpus contributor Steve Almond, conducted by Rumpus contributor…