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Isaac Fitzgerald
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“Reality, Really”
Publishers Weekly profiles Rumpus Books section editor Andrew Foster Altschul, who is also the author of this month’s Rumpus Book Club pick, Deus Ex Machina.
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Rumpus Editor Stephen Elliott Gets 12 Minutes of Fame
Bossman Stephen Elliott on Live Wire Radio talking about The Rumpus, The Daily Rumpus emails, and The Adderall Diaries. Starts at the 34 minute mark.
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Made in Palestine
We’ve already talked about Palestine once this week, but this is pretty awesome: Made In Palestine, an art exhibition curated by the peerless James Harithas, which graced Houston in the first half of the decade. From the preface:
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Not Safe for Kids
Whoops! A Chinese publisher has had “to recall a collection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales after mistakenly translating an erotic Japanese version of the stories.”
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“The 20th century saw an onslaught of literary depictions of the nihilistic state.”
“… [some people] may feel the kind of ‘stomach level sadness’ that David Foster Wallace described, a sadness that drives them to distract themselves by any number of entertainments, addictions, competitions, or arbitrary goals, each of which leaves them feeling…
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Christmas With Crane
“Some girls shove cupcakes in their mouths and obscene hot dogs wrapped in bacon when there are holes punched through their hearts. I wander into strip clubs, hotels and casinos and offer my body to strangers for money.” Our own…
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Drawing of the Snark
Over at A Journey Round My Skull artist Mahendra Singh discusses her experiences illustrating a new edition of Lewis Carroll’s Hunting of the Snark (fantastic images included, of course).
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Holding Court at BookCourt
“Because I would be doing it anyway, and it’s nicer to get paid for it. I’m a very chatty girl, and it’s fun to talk to people about books all day.” Author Emma Straub talks about why she loves her…