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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.
Do You Know Where Your Towel Is?
“Towel Day events are taking place around the world, and include a pub lunch in Brisbane, flashmobs in Brazil and Berlin, a picnic in Budapest, a Vogon poetry slam in…
Tune of the Day
Artists: Gil Scott Heron (Featuring Mos Def) Song: “New York Is Killing Me” Previously: Gil Scott-Heron (Featuring Nas)
“Big man wanted for long, deep, throbbing bone worship.”
“I wished it was a joke. An exception. Something. But oh so unfortunately, there were a lot of somethings. Turns out there were many people who wanted to engage in…
Happy Birthday Scout
To Kill a Mockingbird turns 50 this year, and a lot of people are celebrating.
Scoring Chaplin
“Film scoring is an essential part of cinema, and it’s a part of cinema that works — when it works — completely unconsciously. When you hear a great score after…
“A Curiously Obsessive First Novel”
“On its face, the novel’s title suggests both communal and individual aspects of identity. What defines Paul? If blood, he’s half Samoan, half white. If experience, his years in prison…
MetaFilter to the Rescue
“The message thread reads like the play-by-play from an alternate reality game, wherein complete strangers work together to solve a complex mystery. But the drama that played out on MetaFilter…
Lethem Is Leaving NYC
“In a way, I need to be dreaming my way back here. The longing and exile are part of my relationship to writing about this place.” Jonathan Lethem is leaving…
“‘I know what kind of asshole I am and it’s a different kind of asshole than they think I am.'”
“I know it probably sounds disingenuous saying this and obviously the various ways that I’ve been in public and whether its been exalted or humiliated have enabled me to make…