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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.
Beautiful Beginnings in San Francisco
The next Rumpus is this Monday(!), do you have your tickets yet? The Rumpus and SMITH Magazine Proudly Present: Beautiful Beginnings June 14th at The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street,…
Last Minute Notice
Lena Dunham’s excellent new film and SXSW favorite Tiny Furniture is screening this evening in NYC at BAM. We interviewed Lena last year, you should definitely check it out.
“Don’t fuck this up!”
The Morning News has a long interview with David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker since 1998, which covers a wide range of topics (including how he got the gig).
Pornographic Ghosts
“Pornographic ghosts sound like a terrific idea. I just today bought a Victorian corset to wear to the Rumpus event, (though I may have to go back to the store…
“I am not a good book reviewer.”
“I recently read Ben Greenman’s forthcoming What He’s Poised to Do and no book in recent memory has impressed me as much as this lush and thoroughly engaging short story…
Tao Is Still Taking Questions
“also, would you consider answering questions like these continuously until everyone got bored asking you questions?” “yes, i am now committed to doing that until [an unknown time]” Author Tao…
How to Break Up with Your Girlfriend in 64 Easy Steps
We’ve taken this video out of the archives and re-posted it in honor of today’s story “The Exit Interview: A Conversation with My Ex-Boyfriend,” by Elissa Bassist. Bassist originally posted…
The Grey Lady Drops “Tweet”
“Except for special effect, we try to avoid colloquialisms, neologisms and jargon. And ‘tweet’ — as a noun or a verb, referring to messages on Twitter — is all three.”…