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Lisa Dusenbery
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The Unblinking Eye
At The Awl, Blake Butler reflects on attachment to the Internet world (and the machines with which we enter) as well as the meaning of obsession. “It seems too late for any of this to be stopped. Even making aimed…
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Empowerment, Sugar Style
Rumpus contributor Anna March gives Sugar some love over at StyleSubstanceSoul. In the third of her regular column focusing on “sexist products and media portrayals of women, counterbalanced by those offering positive messages,” March articulates the empowering nature of Dear…
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Nasty Ancient Graffiti
“Good luck on your resurrection.” I09 has compiled ten pieces of ancient graffiti translated into modern terms. (Via Bookslut)
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On the “Elf Slaves of Online Shipping”
“It’s worth considering how the hell those goods get to you, so fast, and for free, when the company you bought them from is posting profits in the millions, or even, in the case of Amazon, billions.” At Mother Jones,…
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Borrowing, Ruining
HTML Giant celebrates the marks we leave–and find–on borrowed things, namely library books. “I like the weird smell of library books, and the way the smell differs. I like seeing how people ruin what they borrow. I like knowing what…
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Best Music for Writing
At The Village Voice, Jami Attenburg reveals 2011’s top ten pieces of music to listen to while writing, “as supplied by the authors of recent books,” so they must be effective. The list features some of our friends, including Rumpus…
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Aimee Bender on The Situation in American Writing
Aimee Bender responds to Full Stop’s Situation in American Writing survey. Bender discusses literary criticism’s transition to the Internet, the political tendencies of American writing, and whether she imagines a specific audience for her work: “No, not a definite audience.…
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On Literary Adaptations
The New York Times dissects the advent of the novel to television adaptation with a focus on Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad. Craig Fehram breaks down the differences between television and movie adaptations in arguing that “where…
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Praise for Damascus
“The author’s jaunty voice [is] Beat-poet cool…Mohr nails the atmosphere of a San Francisco still breathing in the smoke that lingers from the days of Jim Jones and Dan White, a time when passionate ideologies and personal dysfunction intermingled and…
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Anna Deavere Smith at Grace Cathedral
San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral is launching an Artist in Residence program. Their first artist is awesome playwright, actor, and author Anna Deavere Smith, who will “share in the life of the cathedral, preach, host Forum events, and create a new…
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A Bit More on Amazon
This week has seen a lot of Amazon talk around the Internet. After Richard Russo’s New York Times op-ed on Amazon’s predatory practices, Farhad Manjoo responded at Slate, arguing against independent booksellers. Russo continued the conversation yesterday with an open…