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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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    Photo + Poetry

    “The Phone Booth” by Raymond Carver paired with 2314c by Todd Hido. Beautiful. (via @DougMcGray)

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    D. D. and J. J.

    Doug Dorst, author of The Surf Guru (one of last year’s Rumpus Book Club picks), has partnered with J. J. Abrams and landed a book deal.

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    No New Typewriters

    Godrej and Boyce, the only company in the world that was still building typewriters, has closed its last plant.

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    Michael Chabon in the Lands Beyond

    The New York Review of Books has posted Michael Chabon’s introduction to a “fiftieth anniversary edition of The Phantom Tollbooth,” due out in October. (Bonus? The piece includes a photo of Chabon as an adorable, large-glasses-wearing youth.)

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    First Chapter in the Sun

    You can read the first chapter of John Sayles’ new book, A Moment in the Sun (McSweeney’s, 2011), here.

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    Welcome to the Ten-In-One

    WELCOME TO THE TEN-IN-ONE: The One Ton Honey Lisa Brown continues her incredible Rumpus Comic series: “Welcome to the Ten-In-One.”

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    “In Praise of The Rumpus Book Club”

    “… the Rumpus Book Club is filled with extraordinarily adventurous, well-read, thoughtful omnivores of the literary variety. Everyone who loves to read should find themselves a group like this. I feel like I’ve become a better reader because of my…

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    “Tim, Man, What Can I Say?”

    Restrepo co-director Sebastian Junger remembers Restrepo co-director Tim Hetherington, “an incomparable photojournalist” who was killed in Libya on April 20th.

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    Tao Lin’s Crystal Ball

    “A certain literary discourse, about what others should or shouldn’t be doing with their art, will probably always exist as a distraction from writing novels.” Tao Lin has written an essay called “Does the Novel Have a Future? The Answer…

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    Horn! Reviews

    HORN! REVIEWS: There Is No Year Another fantastic Rumpus Comic book review by Kevin Thomas.

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    ‘Nuff Said

    “Werner Herzog and Cormac McCarthy talk science and culture.” There’s really nothing else to say. Go here to listen. (via @jamesyeh)

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    Go Hug a Tree

    “Denis Hayes coordinated the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, when 20 million people took to the streets and kicked off the environmental movement.” Today’s probably a good day to revisit our interview with Denis Hayes.

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