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Sam Riley

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Sam Riley is an adult who works at McSweeney's.
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To Teach Or Not to Teach?

  • Sam Riley
  • September 12, 2011
The ever-contentious subject of teaching creative writing is up for discussion. You can teach the elements, but there are always the “intangibles that cannot be taught.”  Roxane Gay is inciting…
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Should We Fight to Save the Indie Bookstore? (Yes).

  • Sam Riley
  • September 12, 2011
Book Bench blogger, Macy Halford is lamenting the downfall of the indie bookstore. Much like the decimation of the video store, there’s a bunch of romance and nostalgia tied up…
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O’Rourke’s “Theory vs. Practice”

  • Sam Riley
  • September 12, 2011
The author of this month’s Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection, Meghan O’Rourke is in the new issue of the Paris Review. You can read her poem, “Theory vs Practice” here…
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“It’s About Time”: Tomorrow in LA!!

  • Sam Riley
  • September 9, 2011
What up Los Angeles? The Rumpus doesn’t exclude any part of California and to prove it, we’re having an event in LA! Because, “It’s About Time”!! Featuring brilliant authors Joshuah…
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Roxane Wins “Best Rant”

  • Sam Riley
  • September 9, 2011
Electric Literature is embarking on a new ranking system that will most definitely change the way you reflect on the past month of online book reviews. It’s called the Critical…
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“Missing” Then and Now

  • Sam Riley
  • September 9, 2011
After 9/11 the abundant “Missing” posters that hung around Manhattan were part of the fabric of post-9/11 of the city. A lot of them weren’t as much “Missing” signs as…
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The Shortcomings of Words

  • Sam Riley
  • September 9, 2011
Jonathan Safran Foer’s New Yorker piece, “Speechless” eloquently identifies the difficulty of finding words amidst an indescribable nightmare while remembering 9/11. “Dozens of phone calls home were placed from the…
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An Advice Column to Check Out

  • Sam Riley
  • September 9, 2011
Rumpus contributor Anna Pulley is doling out advice as a sex columnist for Chicago newspaper RedEye. We love weekly offerings of wisdom here at the Rumpus, and thus, highly recommend…
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A Success for Public Access to Information!

  • Sam Riley
  • September 8, 2011
Remember when Aaron Swartz challenged the US Government by illegally downloading over 4 million articles from JSTOR, in hopes of breaking down the barriers that prevent public access to information?…
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“The Phlebotomist”

  • Sam Riley
  • September 8, 2011
Sativa January’s story, “The Phlebotomist” is about love, marriage and swingers, published on Our Stories, an online journal that publishes the best fiction on the web. Here’s an excerpt: “But…
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Is Now Fantastic or What?

  • Sam Riley
  • September 8, 2011
(via @Bookslut)
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You Are What You Read

  • Sam Riley
  • September 8, 2011
You know when psychology and reading enthusiasts join forces and deliver good news about the merits of leading a literary life? This is one of those moments! In a recent…
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