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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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    Dirty Silverstein

    Well would you look at that, yet another reason to love Shel: “Shel Silverstein’s Secret, Raunchy Recording Sessions” (a link worth clicking if only to hear his song “Fuck ‘Em”).

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    “They really didn’t know there was a camera.”

    Check it out, you can read (or listen to) Rumpus friend and poet Matthew Zapruder’s poem “Global Warming” here.

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    The Literary City

    Rumpus contributor and talented artist Ian Huebert has created a beautiful map of San Francisco using literary quotes about The Golden Gate City. Check it out after the jump:

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    Lev Grossman

    “For better or worse, shaping some sort of authorial persona has become an important part of the writer’s job in the present era.” Over at Jewcy Nick Curley talks with Lev Grossman about writing habits, Franzen, public personae, and more.

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    One Word: Fork

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    The Unseen Sea

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    360 Mullet!

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    Sexy Stories

    “The next fantasy I can remember was a lesbian prison gang rape. I appropriated this fantasy not from the wonders of cable TV but from books.” Rumpus friend and author Jillian Lauren shares her thoughts on sex, novels, and Salinger’s…

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    The John McCain DADT Remix

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    E-Reader Users Are Buying More Books

    Does owning an e-reader “boost reading habits”? It does according to this recent study, which also says that “East Coast residents are twice as likely to use an e-reader than people in other parts of the country.” *coughElitistscough* (Just playing…

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    Tao Lin On the Cover of TIME

    Well would you look at that, Tao Lin made the cover of TIME:

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    Milton’s Porn-y Poems

    “Did John Milton write filthy, innuendo-laden rhyme?” We sure hope so! (via TheBookBench)