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Jack Taylor
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Art Textbooks, Sans The Art
Students of the Ontario College of Art and Design have begun petitioning after the University has required them to buy a $180 art textbook. It’s not uncommon that students are required to buy texts for their classes, but this particular…
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The History Of Nylon Stockings
The Smithsonian delves into the history of nylon stockings in their recent “Stocking Series.” Although these accessories may seem everyday and even out of fashion to us, the Smithsonian covers the mayhem surrounding the product’s introduction in the first installment of the series,…
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Friends Of The San Francisco Public Library: Call For Poets and Annual Big Book Sale
September is a big month for the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. Currently, they are looking for local poets to submit their work for Poets 11, the fourth annual poetry contest that aims to find poetry from all 11…
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Shopping For Comic Books With Junot Díaz
Vol. 1 Brooklyn documents author Junot Díaz’s comic book hunt through New York’s St. Mark’s Comics. The video allows Díaz to explain the foundational effect comic books had on him, and others of his generation – such as the work of Los…
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“On Writing A Creep”
Jowita Bydlowska muses about how authors can bear to write about jerks, for Hazlitt. Assholes are necessary to a story in the sense that their baffling behavior makes for a better story. However, getting into the mind frame of these characters can cause…
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Inked Up Librarians
Mental Floss compiles tattooed librarians. As expected, much of the skin art is literary themed, but that is not to say that classic skull and bones motifs don’t make an appearance. Each tattoo’s origin is explained in detail and shed…
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Chris Gethard
Distraught, a fan took to comedian Chris Gethard’s Tumblr, asking if Gethard had ever had suicidal thoughts. Despite asking anonymously, the fan made it more than clear that they are dealing with depression. In response, Gethard posted an extremely sensitive…
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Keeping Moviegoers In Line
Gawker reports on a London movie theater’s new tactic to keep moviegoers well behaved. The Prince Charles theater offers free movies to those who agree to don a black leotard, covering their entire body, and maintain order throughout the screening. If audience…
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McSweeney’s Interview With David Byrne
McSweeney’s recently published How Music Works, a book by David Byrne that explains all aspects of music, from creation, to distribution, to performance. In recent years, Byrne has released chapters of the book as individual works: this TED talk about architecture’s effect on…
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From Grief to Gift
Big Other interviews Rumpus contributor Alex Gallo-Brown about his poetry collection, The Language of Grief, and how it led to a community gift giving project. Using Kickstarter, Gallo-Brown offered readers the options of donating money or exchanging gifts with one another in exchange for his book:…
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Psychopathic Presidents
PsychCentral covers a study that claims presidential candidates benefit from psychopathic behavior. It is purported that traits such as “fearless dominance” can help the Chief lead to their best abilities: “In fact, he noted that fearless dominance, linked to low social and physical apprehensiveness,…
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Support Anti-Bullying Organizations
You can help support Hold On Another Day and Project Believe In Me, two largely youth-run organizations that fight bullying, by contributing to the production of their compilation album, “Songs For Project Believe In Me.” Once the album is completed, the…