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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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    “I love you, Irene.”

    “Nothing I can say can change the past.” “I done lost my voice.” “I would like to say goodbye.” “I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You don’t have to.” Rumpus contributor Claire Cameron,…

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    Shepard Fairey Paints at Studio No. 2

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    TAD Update

    The Adderall Diaries notches a couple more great reviews in the Seattle Stranger and the Washington Post. More on The Adderall Diaries page.

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    Health Care Links

    “Health Care Reform: Where We Are and What Happens Next” How the Baucus plan punishes single people, especially single moms. Joe Biden to move to the frontlines of the health care debate with major address. Michelle Obama says health care…

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    Tune of the Day

    Artist: Jahdan Blakkamoore Song: “What You Know About This”

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    “A Bolaño Syllabus”

    Have you read (or are you reading) Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 yet? We may have mentioned it once or twice here at The Rumpus, but only once or twice. Needless to say the book has been, rightfully, getting a lot of…

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    The Wanderer

    (via Laughing Squid)

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    Dig Bunny Dig

    Musician and author Nick Cave talks about his new book, The Death of Bunny Munro, “a sordid tale about a sex-crazed, drug-addled, adulterous traveling salesman and the 9-year-old son with whose care he suddenly finds himself charged.” Sounds about right…

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    Tune of the Day

    Artists: Raekwon ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, and Method Man Song: “House of Flying Daggers”

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    Books

    “Our world is fragmented, Amanda Eyre Ward seems to say, in all the ways that it might be. I’m going to put it back together for you, slowly. Take my hand.” Kurt Caswell on Amanda Eyre Ward’s new collection of…

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    Bicycle Byrne

    David Byrne talks with USA Today about his latest book, Bicycle Diaries, which is described as “a political and philosophical travelogue tied together by Byrne’s bike rides in cities, from Niagara Falls to San Francisco, London to Manila.” The multi-talented…

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    Random Media Notes

    Rupert Murdoch is pounding the paid content drum again. Is CBS attempting to erase Dan Rather? “HuffPo Appoints New President And CRO” New York and Fortune both put pot front and center. Dan Brown’s The Lost Symobl breaks one-day sales…

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