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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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    Nietzsche and a Reverend Walk into a Blog…

    An interesting look at atheism, Nietzsche, the Genealogy of Morals, and religion by Reverend Dr. Giles Fraser (the vicar of Putney). Yes. Reverend. Fraser has been a lecturer in philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford and wrote Redeeming Nietzsche: On the…

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    Henry Green

    The Times Literary Supplement has published an edited version of a lecture given by critic and novelist James Wood celebrating English author Henry Green. Henry Green (the nom de plume of Henry Vincent Yorke) is remembered for his 1945 novel…

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    Pina Bausch

    Dancer, choreographer, and innovator Pina Bausch has passed away. (via @R_Nash)

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    Counterfeit Smokes

    “On first approach, Yunxiao seems like any other Chinese backwater caught in an uneasy industrial transition. Faded advertisements line the downtown streets, where motorcyclists wearing bamboo-frond hats vie for paying passengers in a riot of honking. A cheerful red banner…

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    Dungeons & Dragons TV Commercial

    (via Laughing Squid)

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    Morning Coffee

    Investigative linguist discovers first known use of “Ms.” in print. (via @randomdeanna) Kush, sleep support for your breasts. An interview with Nic Brown, author of Floodmakers. Disappearing on sex weekends, Republicans like to lie, “I’m working on a book.” Banksy’s…

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    Cecil

    Another great short from Terri Timely.

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    Random Media Notes

    Fox News attacks ABC for ‘unprecedented’ access to a U.S. president. Apparently they don’t remember the last eight years. Rules of engagement for journalists on Twitter. WSJ publisher calls Google a “digital vampire.” (via Mediabistro) Facebook tries to be Twitter.…

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    Synesthesia

    Terri Timely‘s surprising short film, Synesthesia.

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    Extreme Storytelling and Literary Mayhem

    Mike Edison has been promoting the paperback edition of his book I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in…

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    Iran Links

    Protesters and police clash in front of the Iranian Parliament at Baharestan Square (pictures). “They started beating everyone […] and throwing them off the bridge […] they beat a woman so savagely that she was drenched in blood…” an eyewitness…

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    Like a Boss

    I don’t usually highlight videos with over 10 million views on YouTube, but “swallow sadness, send some faxes” may be my favorite rhyme since Biggie’s “escargot, my car go…”

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