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LaToya Jordan
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Wikipedia’s Worst Writing
I usually read Wikipedia to find the answers to find the answer to totally random questions that I feel a burning need to find answers to, such as: How many kids made up the DeBarge family? or What is District…
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Notable New York, This Week 11/07-11/13
This week in New York, n+1 talks Occupy; a release party for Jonathan Lethem’s The Ecstasy of Influence; Largehearted Lit reading at WORD; Leslie Goshko hosts music and poetry at the Nuyorican; Percival Everett at 192 Books; a discussion on…
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Happy Ending for St. Mark’s Bookshop
Thanks to a meeting with Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, St. Mark’s will keep its doors open. Cooper Union has agreed to reduce the store’s rent by $2,500 and forgive $7,000 in debt. The school will also let some…
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NaNoWriMo Advice: Get a Cat
If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo and have your story idea, pen, paper, laptop, and inspirational soundtrack, but are still blocked, check out these words of wisdom from some of “history’s fastest, most prolific authors” at The Atlantic. Read advice from…
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Notable New York, This Week 10/31-11/06
This week in New York, a Housing Works Halloween party with Granta magazine; Chuck Palahniuk reads from Damned; get Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! at Word; Four Way Books reading at McNally Jackson; a reading with 2010 Cave Canem Poetry Prize-winner; First…
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Rejected Guinness World Records
Shortest or tallest person in the world, longest hair or longest nails, oldest person—these are world records I can understand. Perhaps even setting a record for baking the biggest cupcake. But there are those world records that leave me scratching…
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No Rent Reduction for St. Mark’s
Apparently, Cooper Union is broke, which means St. Mark’s Bookshop owners Bob Constant and Terry McCoy’s request for a rent deduction was denied. From the Daily News: “…their bid for a $5,000 rent cut was nixed by landlord Cooper Union…
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Notable New York, This Week 10/24-10/30
This week in New York, Poets & Writers at Housing Works Bookstore Café; Rita Dove and others at Poets House; Writing Dublin, Writing New York; How I Learned to Say I’m Sorry; Helen Oyeyemi reads from Mr. Fox; Steve Almond…
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Restroom Reading
Do you read in the bathroom? Of course you do, who doesn’t? For those of you who take the newspaper, magazines, or a paperback, there should be nothing hazardous about your habits. But… “Microbes don’t fare too well on absorbent…
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Miss Representation
“‘When girls look to the media for models they can achieve in the real world, they see newspapers and TV anchors talking about female politicians’ haircuts and fashion choices,’ says Jennifer L. Pozner, the founder of Women in Media and…
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Notable New York, This Week 10/17-10/23
This week in New York, Scary stories with Storychord.com; Deborah Baker on The Convert at the NYPL; a reading by US Poet Laureate Philip Levine; Colson Whitehead on zombies at McNally Jackson; Record Collecting for Girls; the CMJ Music Marathon…