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Seth Fischer
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“Each time I write I promise myself I’ll never do it again”
“Each time I write something I promise myself I’ll never do it again, because the fallout goes on for months; it takes so much of my time. Sometimes, increasingly, like of late, it turns dangerous. I actually don’t do research…
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Art or Life?
“Evan Karp: I’m not sure I agree with the idea that a writer is more important than his books. Charles Kruger: Remember: I said that while the writer is alive. … It’s an obscenity to suggest that the work—that the…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Due to my inability to do a supplement last week, and because it’s almost Valentine’s Day and I love all of you, here’s two weeks of supplement in one! That’s a lot of Rumpus.
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New Lit
“It’s a mashup, a book with many faces wearing many masks. Such a smart, beautiful beast, it is! Each Jaded Ibis title is a collaboration between artists working in various, sometimes overlapping disciplines: literature, visual art, music and/or sound design, video…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Borders may be on the verge of bankruptcy and could close 200 of their 674 stores. Martin Amis says “If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children’s book.” In a surprising turn of events, this…
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Welcome to Sunday
Due to AWP-fueled exhaustion, I will be leaving you in the hands of LaToya Jordan today. Until next week, here is a video of Douglas Kearney giving an incredible reading. I saw him at the Fence event last night (which…
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A Relevance Roundup
There seems to be a bit of soul-searching hitting the book blogs about the social relevance and political importance of literary writing. Some selections below, in no particular order.
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“And you wonder why such kids grow up”
“Playgrounds for kids are often decorated with fairy tales, cartoon or just funny made-up characters. They are intended to bring joy to the children, but sometimes it is scary to look at them. Even for adults.” And now, the Internet…
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“On fiction and autobiography”
“As I get older I increasingly understand that the liveliest characters – made up with the most freedom – are combinations of many, many people, real and fictive, alive and dead, known and unknown.” — AS Byatt Maud Newton has…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Today should be pretty alright, I think. “Where do libraries and e-books meet?” Yes, this article is really called “Jay-Z is Not a Proudhon of Hip-Hop,” and if you read the comments, your head will explode. Sylvia Plath used to…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It was one of those awesome weeks at The Rumpus where when I went to write this roundup, it took me two hours to finish because I couldn’t stop with the reading everything.