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P.E. Garcia

P.E. Garcia is an Editor-at-Large for the Rumpus and a contributor to HTMLGiant. They currently live in Philadelphia, where they were recently accidentally elected to be Judge of Elections. Find them on Twitter: @AvantGarcia.
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    A Snapshot of Contemporary Times

    For The Millions, Jennifer Rice Epstein reviews New American Stories, an anthology edited by Ben Marcus, and discusses how the collection reflects modern American life.

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    It’s Hard Out Here for a Poet

    Years ago, I had this great photo of a storm spiral over Antarctica. It was a full-page photo I ripped out of a magazine, probably a National Geographic, and which I eventually lost somewhere. But I think of it every…

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    Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

    (Dan Weiss is out on tour with his band The Yellow Dress. He’ll be back on August 3rd.) China’s army is waging a war on foot odor. The US Postal Service might be in trouble for re-creating a famous stamp.…

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    Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

    (Dan Weiss is out on tour with his band The Yellow Dress. He’ll be back on August 3rd.) The new French Scrabble Champion doesn’t speak French. Scientists condemn the journal Science Careers for reinforcing stereotypes. Japanese activists are fighting ISIS…

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    Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

    (Dan Weiss is out on tour with his band The Yellow Dress. He’ll be back on August 3rd.) Studies confirm: men who harass women are literally losers. These cyborg rhinos will help catch poachers. Check out these DIY photos of…

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    Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

    (Dan Weiss is out on tour with his band The Yellow Dress. He’ll be back on August 3rd.) A British politician’s appropriate response to the Daily Mail asking about her weight. For the first time in 21 years, the US wins the Math…

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    Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

    (Dan Weiss is out on tour with his band The Yellow Dress. He’ll be back on August 3rd.) The Minions might be annoying, but they saved this girl’s life. Don’t worry about getting lost in the desert: a McDonald’s might…

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    Help Keep Up Belt

    Belt Magazine (whose Editor-in-Chief happens to be the Rumpus’s own Martha Bayne) is the only magazine that publishes independent journalism about the Rust Belt—and it pays all of its contributors a fair wage. In order to keep paying its writers…

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    The Sweet Sound of Cat Pianos

    The Public Domain Review takes a trip through the world of imaginary musical instruments, including sound houses, steam-powered bands, and the infamous cat piano.

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    Honesty is Ugly

    I used to work more deliberately at resolving contradictions in my work. Now I tend to see contradictions as evidence that I’ve gotten close to saying something true. When we’re honest, we’re conflicted. The Kenyon Review interviews Garret Keizer about…

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    The Poetics of Everything

    Sure, there’s poetry and there are certain conventions associated with it, but the notion of poetics can exist outside of a literary space. The Believer blog interviews poet Lucy Ives and discusses her views on applying literary theory outside of…

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    The Sickly Life of Robert Louis Stevenson

    Dig the grave and let me lie Glad did I live and gladly die  Humanities profiles Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson and looks at how his constant struggle with illness influenced his writing.