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Isaac Fitzgerald

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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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Great Title

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 12, 2010
Author Rosecrans Baldwin has published a diary of the days leading up to his first book release over at The Millions: “Writing Is My Peppermint-Flavored Heroin.”
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Sure You Can Write, But How’s Your Stage Presence?

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 12, 2010
In this era of literary events and self promotion author Ben Myers asks, “do readers expect their writers to be performers too?” (via The Book Bench)
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Dostoevsky Takes the Train

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 11, 2010
“The Dostoevskaya station — which opened this summer in memory of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky — met a fair share of opposition when psychologists expressed concern that dark murals of…
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  • Features & Reviews

“I’m not trying to manipulate reality – this is what I see and hear.”

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 11, 2010
The Guardian has scored a rare interview with Don DeLillo, in which he talks about “living the American dream, growing old and how an art installation inspired his latest novel,…
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How to Be Alone

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 11, 2010
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“The Rumpus has the best sex work writing online.”

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 11, 2010
“I get that’s a pretty big statement, especially coming from a website that also publishes writing about sex work, but it’s true, and proper due should be given when deserved.”…
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Baby Preacher (With Subtitles)

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 10, 2010
(via HTMLGIANT)
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“PWxyz’s Most Underrated Writers”

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 10, 2010
Yesterday we mentioned Craig Morgan Teicher’s search (spurred by an asinine Huffington Post article)  for “the Most Underrated Writers in America.” Craig named our own Stephen Elliott as underrated writer…
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Grad School Rejections vs. Other Rejections

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 10, 2010
“1. University of Iowa vs. My rejection for entry into the Jean Jacket Club in the 3rd grade: “The jean jacket thing was worse. Sure, I would have loved to…
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Rozi Talks to Rick

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 9, 2010
“I was trying to make a book that was like the books that I loved when I really started voraciously reading contemporary literature…” Our own Rozalia Jovanovic talks with author…
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“Who Are the Most Underrated Writers in America?”

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 9, 2010
Craig Morgan Teicher over at Publishers Weekly doesn’t want to talk about The Huffington Post’s ridiculous “Top 15 Overrated Writers” article either. But he does want to start a productive…
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“Bill Lost an Eye and Joe Lost a Leg”

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • August 9, 2010
Please enjoy this look at “It’s Great to Be Alive!,” a safety manual from back in the day that “contains straightforward advice for children and shows in rather graphic detail…
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