Daniel Schorr
Journalism legend Daniel Schorr passed away this morning at the age of 93. NPR remembers the man and his accomplishments with words and photos.
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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.
Pulse of the Nation: U.S. Mood Throughout the Day Inferred From Twitter
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AIDS Hits Home
“In November, 1990, LIFE magazine published a photograph of a young man, David Kirby — his body wasted by AIDS, his gaze locked on something beyond this world — surrounded…
Mississippi Limbo
“At present, then, there is no staff at all, and there is no one here who has actually run a magazine previously.” Frederick Barthelme, fiction writer and editor of the…
Join the Conversation
We mentioned it yesterday, but the discussion occurring in the comments section of Poetry Editor Brian Spears’ piece concerning the Paris Review‘s rejection of previously accepted poems is really excellent.…
“The Great Paris Review Poetry Purge, Part IV”
Michael Schiavo tells the story of his un-acceptance and Meghan O’Rourke, “poet and former co-editor of the Review’s poetry section,” chimes in. To catch up on this story click here.
Rumpus Readers React
Not surprisingly the comments section on our piece about The Paris Review‘s decision to retroactively reject previously accepted poems is heating up. Why not join the discussion?
Stein Speaks Out
“It’s never fun cutting things. But an editor’s job is to put out a magazine by his or her best lights, and that means you have to have discretion over…
Literary Holidays
Did you know that this week is “Hemingway Week,” or that October 16th is Dictionary Day? It’s alright, neither did we; but now we have no excuse, thanks to this…
Tome Raider
William Jacques, a Cambridge University graduate dubbed “the tome raider” for stealing extremely rare books from libraries (including works by Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton), is going to jail… again.…
Not to Be Missed
If you haven’t read it already we highly recommend Kathleen Alcott’s touching essay about writing and her father: “From Shrinking Solid to Expanding Gas: The Writing Life.”