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Lisa Dusenbery
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The DFW-Franzen Saga
In this Awl piece, Michelle Dean weighs in on Jonathan Franzen’s declaration that David Foster Wallace “fabricated at least part of—and potentially a large part of—his nonfiction pieces.” The article looks back at Wallace’s statements about his nonfiction, and discusses…
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Flash Fiction Series
Guernica Daily just kicked-off a new flash fiction series “designed to showcase up-and-coming writers and artists.” Check out the first entry of the series and consider flashing them your own piece?
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Manufacturing Reality
“But if we are going to manufacture our reality, couldn’t we make it a bit better? The thing we seem to like manufacturing the best are enemies, and here we are all guilty. Al-Qaida manufactured a vision of the west…
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Do Not Screen
Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes‘ latest project Do Not Screen is reviewed here. The piece explores Rombes’ take on film and what is “in between” the project’s process and result. “By leaving space for the time, Do Not Screen displays the…
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Automation and Translation
Does the rise of new technology, specifically auto-translate, signal the death of human translation and multilingualism? David Bellos, author of Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, thinks not. Check out his reasoning in…
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Elissa Shappnell Interview
“That was when I knew what I wanted to do was create these archetypal female characters — the slut, the good girl, the bad mother, the party girl, all these women we think we know — and subvert the reader’s…
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PR Pitches and Bitches
“We see your picture of Harry Connick Jr. standing near yarn/Tommy Lee Jones using a kleenex/insert-your-weird-pitch-here, and we raise you a picture of Wil Wheaton collating paper.” Accidental and intentional reply-alls. “Fucking bitch” name-calling. This email exchange between The Bloggess…
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“Howl” Anniversary
Allen Ginsberg debuted “Howl” at the Six Gallery Reading on October 7, 1955. In 2006, for the 50th anniversary of the poem’s publication, City Lights came out with Howl on Trial: The Battle for Free Expression and The Believer reflected…
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Today In Audience Participation
In his show Photographs with an Audience, Clifford Owens occupies a barren room with some lights, a camera, and his seated audience members. Participant answers to a series of questions determine who will be incorporated in each photograph. “By plucking…
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New E-bookstore
“We sell ebooks because ebooks are here to stay. We want to carve out a space in the retail environment for independent ebookselling by proving to publishers that it can and should be done. We want there to be a…
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The Nations Within Us
“From the beginning of their existence, the 11 nations have been struggling with one another for advantage and influence, with the biggest prize being control of the federal government. Since 1877, the primary driving force in American politics hasn’t been…
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Litquake Interviews Karen Russell
Litquake talks with Swamplandia author Karen Russell in a final interview before the festival’s kick-off tomorrow! The conversation reveals abhorred writing styles; overused phrases; favorite writers, words and fiction heroes; and more. “I like assigning The Waves and Geek Love…