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LaToya Jordan
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Notable New York, This Week 2/21-2/27
This week in New York Joyce Carol Oates reads at the 92nd Street Y, a reading from the first book about WikiLeaks, the How I Learned Series presents readings on therapy, the Festival of New French Writing, the Gender Outlaws…
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SXSW: Lack of Female Comedians
Seems as though SXSW is also experiencing a public look into gender disparity, like the literary world has recently been doing since the VIDA Count was released (nice round-up by Brian Spears here). Comedy fans were not pleased by the…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Are submissions the life’s blood of a magazine? Or readers? “The Help” is suing. “To foreshadow anything is weak. It is like a boxer stalling for the bell,” writing advice from L. Ron Hubbard. (via) A review of Stanley Fish’s…
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Is Reading Overrated?
“Let’s take the following, by way of almost random example, from Charles Kingsley: ‘Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.’ Gosh. Any living man? Any book? Nothing else can compete? Flowers? Sunsets? Palladian villas? Pastrami…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Sunday is the day to catch up with Rumpus Books. I’m filling in for Seth today. Enjoy your Sunday!
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Notable New York, This Week 2/14-2/20
This week in New York spend your Valentine’s Day at Six-Word Story Slam on Love & Heartbreak or hearing dark and twisted love stories at Housing Works; Michael Cunningham, Mary Gaitskill, Zadie Smith, and others get together to talk retreats…
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The Best Literary Pick-Up Lines
It’s upon us. We can talk about how much we hate Valentine’s day and how it’s a manufactured-greeting-card-capitalist holiday until we’re red in the face. Or we can use this holiday to our advantage and parlay the red hearts and…
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Would You Go Back to 1973?
“Here’s the thought experiment of the day: If you could be transported back to 1900 with your current income, would you take the deal? The answer is almost certainly no. Sure, your current income would go a hell of a…
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Notable New York, This Week 2/07-2/13
This week in New York actors celebrate Tennessee Williams at the 92nd Street Y, poets celebrate Elizabeth Bishop, pre-Valentine’s Day advice from love gurus at Speed Shrinking, Major Jackson reads his poetry, novelists discuss the future of the novel, and…
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Helping the Descendants of Henrietta Lacks
“I first envisioned it as a foundation for education, but I realized that the people who were affected the most were her kids, and they needed some medical care and dental care,” Ms. Skloot said from her home in Chicago.…
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Judging a Book by Its Cover
I’ll admit that I’ve used cover art as a deciding factor in purchasing or not purchasing a book. For instance, I do not buy books that have had their covers changed due to a movie tie-in. This week’s lesson on…