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Isaac Fitzgerald

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.
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    Valuing Education

    “Over all, salaries for this academic year are 1.2 percent higher than last year, the smallest increase recorded in the survey’s 50 years — and well below the 2.7 percent inflation rate from December 2008 to December 2009.” But that’s…

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    Astoria Scum River Bridge

    A feel good story to start your week.

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    The April Monthly Rumpus in SF

    Tonight! Click here to buy tickets! April 12th at The Makeout Room, 3225 22nd Street, 7pm. Featuring authors Mac McClelland, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Randall Mann, Susan Steinberg, and Broke-Ass Stuart! With a Performance by Yo-Yo Master Doctor Popular. Music by…

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    Only Because It’s Sunday

    Seriously, we shouldn’t be linking to this. But our Sunday editor, Seth Fisher, is out of town and, well, what are the odds of Aimee Mann and Ice-T getting into a Twitter fight (and, more predictably, making up)? Exactly. So…

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    New Potatoes

    Well would you look at that, a new Small Potatoes from the brilliant Paul Madonna.

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    The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement

    This week, we’ve got some pretty excellent reviews, a “Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex” interview, and an essay that must not be missed. Come check it out.

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    Tune of the Day

    Artists: Nurses Song: “Way Up High”

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    Rock and Roll

    “With most of the shit that I write and put out there, it’s my hope that it gives readers the freedom to be really honest about their obsessions, to talk about the stuff that they care about maybe a little…

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    Skateboardanimation

    “A ton of digital photos, a ton of real life magazines, an hour of recording music.” –Tilles Singer

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    Great Moments in HuffPo Headlines

    Dear Huffington Post, “Today’s Great Moment in Photojournalism”? Are you kidding us? No, apparently you’re not. Click for larger image.

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    If a Book Falls In a Forest…

    “I love the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, which is mysterious, raw, brutal and profound. But I am also haunted by the story behind the story; by the fact that Gilgamesh lay forgotten in the sands of Iraq for thousands…

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    Comic Art

    When is art also a comic? When it’s Pornographic Bar Owl: The Arctic Sequence, featured today in our Comics section.