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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: Freeway Song: “What We Do”

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    Tetяis

    Freebord Tetяis. Not sure what Freebord is? Here you go.

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    Internal

    On October 15th The Rumpus and Noise Pop proudly present Music and Comedy Night at the Rickshaw! Featuring music by John Wesley Harding, Terra Naomi, and Jason Finazzo. With comedy by Mary Van Note, Nato Green, and Kyle Kinane. Tickets…

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    “The New Literacy”

    Kids these days. With their facebook, twitter, and texts. They’re always wasting time on the internet, bouncing from one thing to the next, hardly able to focus long enough to read, let alone to write, right? Stanford professor Andrea Lunsford…

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    Things to Think About: Publishing Links

    A handful of literary agencies deepen their commitment to publicity. The Dayton Literary Peace Prizes, which recognize “the power of literature to promote peace and nonviolence,” have been announced. An interview with Natasha Wimmer, translator of 2666 and The Savage…

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    “I don’t want to hide this and be miserable my whole life.”

    Supportive moms, special dances, harassment, unprepared school admins, gay straight alliance groups, and living a life “nearly incomprehensible to earlier generations of gay youth.” Benoit Denizet-Lewis, author of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life, explores the world…

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    Bored to Death’s Animated Opening Sequence

    Also, Jonathan Ames points out “things of possible interest, the subtext as it were” in regards to episode 1. (via @JonathanAmes)

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    Tune of the Day

    Artist: Leon Huff Song: “Tight Money” Today’s Tune of the Day inspired by Elizabeth Isadora Gold’s “Soul Pas de Deux.”

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    More Adderall

    “It’s a common misperception that for some reason we should be telling stories about other people instead of ourselves.” An interview with Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott over at Memoirville. Also, check out the new Adderall Diaries homepage.

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    Mountain Light

    More at Timescapes. (via MetaFilter)

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    Free Books Mean the World to Me

    Lit Drift has another Free Book Friday contest coming up. This week they’re giving away a copy of Rumpus contributor Joshua Mohr‘s Some Things That Meant the World to Me. In the Rumpus review of Morhr’s book Joshua Furst writes:…

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    Random Media Links

    “FCC Endorses Network Neutrality” Activists behind yesterday’s NY Post parody have been detained by police. “Glenn Beck: McCain Would Have Been Worse Than Obama” Journalism still finding recruits, if not profits (via MediaBistro) “Nine Surefire Ways to Get Retweeted”