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Seth Fischer
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
A fascinating interview with Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez. (via) File under signs of the apocalypse: The Meowmorphisis. Oscar Villalon wonders who The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature was really written for. “The Intimate Orwell.“
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Sunday’s the day to catch up with Rumpus Books. It’s been a good week.
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Theater-Wise: A Very Short Q&A With Niki Selken from Ko Labs
A couple days ago, I saw this short blog post in Publishers’ Weekly that asked whether writers could make more money by putting on literary performances than by selling books (short answer: no.) This dismissal seemed premature to me. I…
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“Dear Exclamation Point”
“I’m sorry, but it even makes me a little uncomfortable to see other people using you. I don’t like the idea of your hand in someone else’s pants.” At PANK, Brandi Wells writes a story in the form of a…
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If Ikea Is Prose …
“(T)he erosion of the poetic is one of the ramifications of the franchise, whether it’s a furniture outlet or a fast food chain.” — Vincent Czyz at The Boston Review looks at an old proposed Ikea in New Rochelle and…
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“Literary Whoring”
“…whenever I have a new book about to come out, I have to shake the unpleasant sensation that there is something unseemly about my own clamor for attention. Peddling my work like a Viagra salesman still feels at odds with the…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Happy Sunday, everyone. Should Wuthering Heights have been called My Teacher Ruined This? The Guardian writes up alternate book titles. The first ever uncensored Dorian Gray will soon be released. Kyle Minor puts together a collection of last sentences from…
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“I’d never blame anyone for getting feisty”
“The bonus of having a network run through machines is that people can spit and not feel scared, and that both allows a level of ease of discourse that leads fruitfully and to endless rummaging. It’s easy to get caught…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“You’re going to hear a lot of people say, ‘Wow, that will never work.’ They’ll be right, of course, but if you love books and you should do it anyway.” — Andrew Kessler, who just opened a book store that…