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Lisa Dusenbery
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Hypertext and The Novel
The past decade has ushered in e-books and e-readers, so why did hypertext fiction stall after its initial hype in the 90s? This article investigates that question, building a case for renewed vows between hypertext and novel. “Just as the…
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Litquake A Week Away
San Francisco’s Litquake 2011 runs Oct. 7-15. The nine-day annual literary festival will feature 850 Authors and 150 Events. This year’s Litquake will include conversations with Young Ireland; Nordic Noir; Mexican Feminism; Art of Writing panels; Iranian Women; Religious Renegades;…
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Biblical Narratives Revisited
“Philip Esler’s book seeks to probe the mindset of ancient Israelite readers, to uncover their cultural presuppositions and to reveal the patriarchal, patrilocal and patrilinear structures in which their narratives make sense.” Esler’s Sex, Wives, and Warriors: Reading Biblical Narrative…
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Piranhas Are Not That Into Us
Piranhas have gotten a bad reputation, and the media was all over the little stunt they just pulled. But that was more a display of affection than “attack,” according to this article, which provides some much-needed perspective on the risk…
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Independent Bookstore Campaign
The “40K in 40 days” campaign is raising money to open La Casa Azul Bookstore in East Harlem. Contribute before October 24th, and every dollar invested will be matched by a donor. “La Casa Azul Bookstore will sell new &…
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“Men of the Stacks”
Male librarians are seeking to “overthrow the cliché of the bespectacled, permanently shushing female” librarian by publishing a Calendar Girls-style calendar titled “Men of the Stacks.” Featuring twelves dudes, some partial nudity and intriguing books placements, this will surely be…
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Like It or Not
How does a non-native English speaker figure out the proper usage and placement of “like”? Is the “like tic” nothing more than a meaningless flaw? “Had the non-native inquirer delved further, he would have found “like” analyzed as communicating something…
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What is Madness?
Challenging the current relationship between analyst and patient, Darian Leader’s What is Madness? calls for a revolution in the way we frame—and treat—mental illness. The Guardian reviews the “manifesto” here. “Leader is presenting us with a challenge. That we recognise…
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Wangari Maathai
“It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I’m a bit crazy because I’m educated in the West and I have lost some of my basic decency as an African…
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Litquake Chats Up Jesse Ball
In anticipation of their annual festival on October 7-15, San Francisco’s Litquake has teamed up with Bomblog for an interview series. This week, fiction writer and poet Jesse Ball—whose new novel, The Curfew, is on shelves—discusses favorite writers, words and…
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Caffeinated Ladies Fighting Depression
A new study suggests that drinking more than one cup of coffee a day may prevent the onset of depression in women. And the more you drink, the better: “The biggest coffee drinkers saw the largest reduction in risk, according…
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Love and Shame and Love Review
Publisher’s Weekly reviews our November Book Club pick, Love and Shame and Love, by Peter Orner (whose Rumpus column you can read here). “Two themes—sometimes comic, often rueful—intersect throughout: the secret shames, frustrations, and humiliations that each character endures, and…