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Google helps newspapers erect online pay walls. The Federal Trade Commission examines possible support for news organizations. Rupert Murdoch plans $15 million New York edition of The Wall Street Journal.…
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Isaac Fitzgerald
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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.
DFW’s Grammar Challenge
“IF NO ONE HAS YET TAUGHT YOU HOW TO AVOID OR REPAIR CLAUSES LIKE THE FOLLOWING, YOU SHOULD, IN MY OPINION, THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT SUING SOMEBODY, PERHAPS AS CO-PLAINTIFF WITH…
Ramona Falls: “I Say Fever”
“My favorite music video of the year.” –Dan Chaon (via @Danchaon) Read The Rumpus interview with Chaon here. [Editor’s note: This song has been featured as a Rumpus Tune of…
(Large) Stocking Stuffer?
Rumpus books editor Andrew Altschul‘s first novel, Lady Lazarus, is on sale for an obscenely low price this holiday season: for less than $7 (with shipping) you get the mint-condition…
“Baywatch,” “Short People,” and “Saving Wasted Breath”
Three poems by Jennifer L. Knox, author of Drunk by Noon and A Gringo Like Me, have been posted over at The Awl. Give ’em a read. (via @R_Nash)
Larry Is Also Troubled By a Bear
“Composed as a series of vignettes, pivotal moments in a troubled man’s peripatetic life, the narrative flits within the gray area between poetry and prose and, while it dispenses with…
“Some Contemporary Characters”
Rumpus columnist Rick Moody‘s new story, “Some Contemporary Characters,” is being tweeted by Electric Literature in what they describe as a “new venture in microserialization©.” The story started today, and…
Things to Think About: Publishing Links
An excellent, straight forward look at rejection: “My Horrible New York Times Review.” Michael Greenberg on “Writing & Money.” Will the legendary Elliott Bay Book Co. be forced to close…