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M. Rebekah Otto
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Cooking the Books
Emily Gould (who we interviewed in a Conversation with Writers Braver Than Me) has a new episode of her series Cooking the Books, in which she cooks with writers as they discuss their latest books. In the latest installment, she…
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Unferth on Bat Segundo
Deb Olin Unferth was recently interviewed on the Bat Segundo Show, a podcast of long-form interviews with writers. In her interview Unferth tells us, “in many ways we’re all sort of a bundle of urgencies, right? We’re all trying to…
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Newspaper Guild Calls for HuffPo Strike
Last week, the Newspaper Guild, a 26,000-member-strong national union of media workers, called on all unpaid Huffington Post bloggers “to withhold their work.” The strike asks specifically for an immediate pay schedule for all contributors. Read their official press release. As you…
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New Julian Schnabel Film Under Fire
Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) has a new film, Miral, about a young girl in Jerusalem. That’s exciting, right? When the United Nations decided to screen the film, the American Jewish Committee…
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Broadcastr
Our friends over at Electric Literature have an awesome new app called Broadcastr that plays certain audio stories based on your GPS location, bringing place-specific tales into your everyday travels! We recommend Jennifer Egan reading from A Visit From the…
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Eileen Myles Weighs in
Over at The Awl, Eileen Myles shares her thoughts on seeing the VIDA pie graphs. She tells us that writing by women is inherently more interesting: “Why? Because the female reality is still largely unknown. And language is the thrill…
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KUSF Silenced
On Tuesday morning the University of San Francisco closed their radio station, KUSF. More precisely, they sold the bandwidth. We don’t really understand what it means to sell an FCC license, but the station is off the air, to be…
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Ten Walks/Two Talks
As I concluded in Modern Reader #2, I really enjoyed Ten Walks/Two Talks, the recent volume from Ugly Duckling Presse of the meandering conversations between Andy Fitch and Jon Cotner. The duo are in LA this week, reading four times(!)…
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The Way We Live Now
Today in Book Review, Shawna Lang Ryan reviews two new novels by Asian American writers, Quiet As They Come by Angie Chau and Take Me Home by Brian Leung. Read the review.
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Andrew Winer
Andrew Winer will be one of tonight’s readers at The Monthly Rumpus, along with M.G. Martin, Pam Houston, Chris Colin, and Kristen Tracy! With Comedy by Emily Heller and music by Boy in the Bubble and Chris Von Sneidern! Read…
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Dear Old Dad…
Today in Book Review, Regina Marler reviews Anthony De Sa’s new collection of stories, Barnacle Love. Read the review.
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Teleny and Camille
Today, in Book Review, Evan J. Peterson reviews Jon Macy’s latest graphic novel, Teleny and Camille, a new take on the Oscar Wilde story. Read the review.