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Seth Fischer
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
If you haven’t been by the Rumpus much this week, it would probably be a good week to click through to see what you missed.
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Why We Love Shakespeare
“In all of his plays, sonnets and narrative poems, Shakespeare used 17,677 words. Of these, he invented approximately 1,700, or nearly 10 percent. Shakespeare did this by changing the part of speech of words, adding prefixes and suffixes, connecting words…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Sara Sheridan at The Guardian on “why writers must embrace social media.” Here’s an essay on Blood Meridian and what it might have to tell us about video games. (via) Did Rick Santorum accidentally rip off his slogan from Langston…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Sundays’ the day to catch up with what Rumpus Books published this week. Lots of links to our reviews, essays and interviews below the fold.
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Feminism Is The New Saltpeter?
“Gender equality inhibits arousal.” Yikes. I’m not going to link directly, but Psychology Today, in an article called “Why Feminism Is The Anti-Viagra,” goes even further to prove it will say anything to sell magazines and get clicks. Really I…
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On The Novels Of Politicians
Roll Call has a list of novels written by members of Congress, and the excerpts they present are, as one might expect, not amazing. Here’s an excerpt from Hawaii Governor and former Congressman Neal Abercrombie’s The Blood of Patriots (via):…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Beverly Cleary is 95. Here’s a profile. (via Maud Newton) At PANK, here’s how to interview for a job in advertising. Bookfox has a short but interesting take on James Wood. The Guardian wonders about “the way ahead for literary…
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Penn State MFA
“Another significant source of budget savings officially recommended in a letter by the Core Council was to potentially eliminate fellowships to support the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing at Penn State, Schulze said. The English department decided…