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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Stumble
The Summer issue of Stumble, “an art and literary magazine devoted to short fiction and photography,” is out now and has been published online. Check it out.
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Talking $$$ and Writing
Yesterday our own Elissa Bassist wrote a mini-manifesto encouraging writers to “write to get paid.” Today the comments on the piece have gotten interesting. Why not join the discussion?
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“Dear Mr. Updike”
25 years ago, when he was 28, Nicholson Baker wrote a fan letter to John Updike. (via GoodJobbb)
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Summer Loving
Summer, a time for skirts, sun screen, and seriously cheap McSweeney’s books. That’s right, the “once-a-year, potentially ill-advised” Summer sale offered by the San Francisco based publishing house starts today, and prices are seriously low. An example? What is the…
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Auto-Tune the News #12: Weed. Lesbian Allegaytions.
Read “The Rumpus Mini-Interview with The Gregory Brothers.”
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Rumpus Book Club on Twitter
You can now follow The Rumpus Book Club on Twitter. Also, Book Club members, if you tweet about the club why not add a #RumpusBookClub hash tag? Just saying. Click here to learn more about the club.
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Director of Piracy (Not Really)
Publisher Macmillan posted a very interesting job listing yesterday that is a sign of the times: Digital Piracy Director. (via PW)
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Jose Saramago
Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago, author of Blindness and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998, has died at the age of 87. (via @thebookslut)