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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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    Kurt Quotes

    “There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.” A few things “Kurt Vonnegut said better than anyone else ever has or will.” (via TheBookBench)

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    So What Book Would You Bang?

    “Unbearable Lightness of Being will be really intense and full of infinitely overlapping partners until it all ends and I’m left miserable and questioning every decision I’ve ever made.” Rumpus readers are imagining what sex with their favorite books would…

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    Keep Writing

    “Simply put, it seems to me that only black writers are put in these situations and given such extreme advice. I talk to a lot of young writers, and the black ones are told to self-publish.” Tayari Jones doles out…

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    “To Blurb or Not to Blurb?”

    Bill Morris wrestles with whether or not to blurb a friend’s book. (via PW)

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    Italian Spiderman

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    Tom Waits Reads Charles Bukowski

    (via @WillowSprings)

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    Amazon Still Not Paying Texas Taxes

    “Amazon is shutting down a Dallas distribution center because Texas is demanding the company pay sales tax collected in the state.” How dare the Lone Star State try and collect taxes from the all-mighty Amazon? More here. (via PW)

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    Things Are Going Down in Egypt

    For the best breaking news coverage you should be watching Al Jazeera English and reading its website. “Mubarak Steps Down, Ceding Power to Military.” Who is in charge now? Get to know Egypt’s military leadership. With jubilant cheering and loads…

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    Listen

    A fascinating radio piece from the BBC featuring our own Rick Moody and others: “Endnotes: David Foster Wallace.”

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    Ex Poetry

    “Fifteen years after we broke up, my ex-boyfriend published a book of poetry.” Lisa Catherine Harper tackles poems about her former self that were written by her former boyfriend.

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    New Sobule

    Rumpus pal Jill Sobule and John Doe (of X fame) have released an EP on the interwebs: A Day at the Pass. You can download a free song, as well as purchase the album, here. And don’t forget to check…

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    “He’s absolutely crazy.”

    Blair Fuller recalls “An Evening with J. D. Salinger.”