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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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    Absolutely Cuckoo Cats

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    D.I.Y. Steve

    Publishing Perspectives covers Rumpus contributor and “literary rock star” Steve Almond’s D.I.Y. success.

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    Meanwhile, Outtakes

    Rumpus contributor and artist Wendy MacNaughton has posted a couple of outtakes from her fantastic “Meanwhile, Mission Bartenders” piece. Check ’em out.

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    Why Not Read It Three Times?

    “Then I heard about the book from a friend so I ordered it and the book arrived and I read it almost immediately and then I read it again and one more time for good measure.” Roxane Gay reviews The…

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    An Award for Underappreciated Books

    “Each year, the editors of the Believer generate a short list of the novels and story collections they thought were the strongest and most underappreciated of the year. ” The Believer Book Award nominees have been announced.

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    More on the HuffPo Strike

    “Bill Lasarow, the publisher and editor of the two websites, said in an interview that the move is ‘not a hostile act in any sense whatsoever,’ but added that the writers felt ‘like they were being taken advantage of by…

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    PEN/Faulkner Award

    Rumpus contributor and author Eric Puchner has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Also in the running? Jennifer Egan (who we’ve interviewed), Brad Watson (who we’ve interviewed), Jaimy Gordon (whose book we reviewed), and Deborah Eisenberg. Congrats to all the…

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    The Nagging Listeners of NPR

    “I’m an NPR groupie. I listen to public radio for several hours a day—more often than I watch TV, more often than I do actual work. There’s only one thing I hate about my daily companion: my fellow listeners.” Over…

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    Beckett on Joyce

    “When I first met Joyce, I didn’t intend to be a writer. That only came later when I found out that I was no good at all at teaching.” A collection of Samuel Beckett’s recollections of James Joyce (along with…

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    The Gospel of Taylor

    The Paris Review talks with Justin Taylor about writing his first novel, The Gospel of Anarchy. Update: You can read a recent Rumpus interview with Taylor here.

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    Worse and Worse Every Year

    “How did hollywood get here? There’s no overarching theory, no readily identifiable villain, no single moment to which the current combination of caution, despair, and underachievement that defines studio thinking can be traced. But let’s pick one anyway: Top Gun.”…

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    A Very Fast Boat

    This’ll get your heart pumping (give it a moment). (via Kottke)