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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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    Tune of the Day

    Artist: Vertigo Smyth Song: “Comfort Me”

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    Stephen Elliott at Gawker

    Rumpus Editor Stephen Elliott discussed The Adderall Diaries in an open forum interview that took place in the comments section over at Gawker. The interview was moderated by James Frey. Why not swing by and check it out?

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    “Bottom of the River”

    Music by Tom Fun Orchestra. Animation by TRUNK.

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    Tune of the Day

    Artists: Duck Sauce Song: “aNYway”

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    DFW Reacts to Infinite Jest Cuts

    “p. 52 – This is one of my personal favorite Swiftian lines in the whole manuscript, which I will cut, you rotter. p. 82 – I cut this and have now come back an hour later and put it back.…

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    Tune of the Day

    Artist: Daniel Johnston Song: “True Love Will Find You in the End”

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    Random Media Notes

    Just how much will Conde Naste lose this year? Time’s Joel Stein publishes Rogue Journalist: An Even More American Life (links to full text), his 49 page memoir completed in one day in order to compete with Sara Palin’s Going…

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    Videogioco by Donato Sansone

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    Tune of the Day

    Artists: Modest Mouse Song: “Whale Song”

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    Tune of the Day

    Artists: Brown Bird Song: “Stator to the Rotor”

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    Internal

    Don’t miss today’s TRUTH SERUM in Rumpus Comics.

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    “The Hunted”

    “Fadi called Ahmed. They spoke for an hour. They were devastated by their friends’ deaths, of course. They were also terrified. Under torture, Mazen and Namir may have given up their names.” From Matt McAllester’s horrifying piece, “The Hunted,” which…

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