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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Rick and Jolie Have a Chat
“Music is like acupuncture–the exact same treatment, the exact same songs, even the exact same recording will move people, even the same people at different times, in very different ways.” Jolie Holland and Rick Moody are having a conversation about…
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The Self-Interview
Gina Frangello has a great “self-interview” over at TNB. And that’s not just because she gives our editor some serious love. The whole self-interview series is actually fantastic. Check out Rumpus hero Steve Almond’s self-interview along with Antonya Nelson, Billy…
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Ben Greenman Reads in San Francisco
Tonight author Ben Greenman will be reading from his new collection What He’s Poised to Do at City Lights Books at 7pm. He will be joined by the excellent Oscar Villalon. See you there!
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The Bowler
“Meet Rocky Salemmo. He’s a ramblin’ gamblin’ man. For the majority of his adult life Rocky has hustled bowling for a living.” By Sean Dunne.
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Winesburg, Ohio
“A couple of weeks ago, I was feeling a small wave of despair about being a writer and teacher at a time when common wisdom holds that ‘no one reads anymore.’ But then some of my UC Riverside students sought…
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Dear New York and San Francisco Readers
Looking for something to do this week? Don’t forget to check out our event listings, Notable New York and Notable San Francisco.
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Still Unsettled
“At this point, Google and the Authors Guild must feel like they are in a James Joyce novel.” A look at the still ongoing Google Books settlement. (via The Book Bench)
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“Blake never wrote novels. Whitman never wrote novels.”
“I love novels, and I read them more than anything, but stories cut in sharp and hard and are able to reveal things in a different way: they’re highly charged, a slightly newer form, and inherently more contemporary.” Author David…