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Sam Riley
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Save the Poe House!
The Edgar Allan Poe home in Baltimore is, unfortunately, lacking the financial means to stay afloat. Poe lived there in his last years of life, and Baltimore is of major site-specific importance to his writerly development. Thus, this city landmark…
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Tweet for Public Health
Social media is breaking new ground—it is now a tool that aids in the tracking down of public health crises. Researchers can use twitter to follow the spread of disease, at a much more efficient speed than formerly used surveillance…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Oh man, literary rejection just got organized into a wiki. Speaking of literary rejection, uncreative writing is free and ready to read! I hope your coworkers are nice to you. They’re not logos, they’re fauxgos.
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Boycotting for Balance
There’s been a couple articles as of late suggesting we change the way we deal with social inequity—by pointedly not participating in its fulfillment. Instead of setting our sights on the people actively promoting the problem, why don’t we all…
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A Loss for the Independent Music Community
Rioting has continued to reverberate throughout the UK with sporadic spates of violence happening in other cities now. The effects of the rioting in London will undoubtedly be felt for a long time, not only in terms of social consequence…
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Christopher Boucher’s in SF!
Christopher Boucher’s rolling into town tonight on his book tour! He’ll be at Booksmith, talking up How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive. Check it out! Here are the details: When: Tonight! 7:30 pm Where: Booksmith, 1644 Haight St, San Francisco
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Book Promos for Wizards
Book hype comes in all forms. There was the Gary Shteyngart humor, Wayne Koestenbaum’s instructional vlog series and now the literary music video! The inspiration is Lev Grossman’s new book, The Magician King (the follow-up to The Magicians) which has…
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“Less Judging, More Hugging”
What happens when hip people reproduce? “Babies are the New Black,” is Wendy MacNaughton’s illustration for 7×7. Because babies can be as hip as you want them to be!
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Digital/Print Hybrids
Melville House Publishing (the indie publishers behind last month’s Rumpus Book Club selection) are getting technologically innovative with their releases. They’re launching HybridBooks, a program that dabbles in e-book trendiness as a compliment to printed publications. Readers have access to…
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How Did Albert Camus Really Die?
There is a new theory displacing the old view of Albert Camus’ death by car crash. The French philosopher, author and Nobel Prize winner was traveling with his publisher, Michel Gallimard, when they crashed into a tree in 1960, with…
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A Call for Sad Submissions
Sad Stuff on the Street is having its half birthday and like responsible purveyors of modern gloom, they are imploring you to submit on this half-celebratory occasion. If you’re keeping your eyes open you may just find a one-armed teddy…