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Seth Fischer

Seth Fischer’s writing has twice been listed as notable in The Best American Essays and has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize by several publications, including Guernica. He was the founding Sunday editor at The Rumpus and is the current nonfiction editor at The Nervous Breakdown. He is a Dornsife PhD Fellow at USC and been awarded fellowships and residencies by Ucross, Lambda Literary, Jentel, Ragdale, and elsewhere, and he teaches at the UCLA-Extension Writer’s Program and Antioch University, where he received his MFA.
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    The Rumpus Books Monday Supplement

    Happy day after America Day, everyone! I know it’s not Sunday, when I’m usually here, but I’m here today anyway—on a Monday—just to mess with your head. So here’s what Rumpus books was up to last week.

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    Here’s Some Stories I Like

    I get bored easily, so rather than the  political links I usually run on Sundays, I’m gonna switch it up. Instead, here’s a list of five awesome and fun and weird and very short stories that I happened to come…

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    Your Conflict iPhone

    “An ugly paradox of the 21st century is that some of our elegant symbols of modernity — smartphones, laptops and digital cameras — are built from minerals that seem to be fueling mass slaughter and rape in Congo.” Nicolas Kristof…

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    On The Benefits Of Being A Slut

    “Surprised and interested, I visited the (The Nervous Breakdown), and what I saw was awesome. Hundreds of contributors–some rock stars, some mid-list, some hacks just getting their wings–all mish-mashed together on a content heavy website, driven by community and lots…

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    How To Go Over The Top

    “One is drawn to Camp when one realizes that “sincerity” is not enough. Sincerity can be simple philistinism, intellectual narrowness.” From Susan Sontag’s “Notes on Camp,” excerpted over at GIANT.

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    The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup, Pride Edition

    It’s pride weekend here in San Francisco (holy crap it’s turning 40!). Here’s some other things that are awesome and gay. Here’s an interview with the 15 year old kid who’s taking on librarians for not having enough LGBT material.…

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    The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement

    The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement is here for you every week, rounding up what Rumpus books has been up to. Come take a look-see.

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    Welcome to Sunday

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    Call Your Dads, People!

    “(My son) hasn’t read my work. I don’t think he is much interested in me as a writer. He’s more interested in me as a dad.” — Jonathan Ames It’s Father’s Day, and if you’re lucky enough to be able…

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    Jessa Crispin on Wisdom

    “But there’s a difference between admiring wisdom and emulating it. That’s perhaps the best illustration of the difference between knowledge and wisdom: We know the value of wisdom. We know that narcissists should not be in charge of industries that…

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    The Reptilian Brain

    “We’re playing to the reptilian brain rather than the logic centers, so we look for key words and images to leverage the intense rage and anxiety of white working-class conservatives. In other words, I talk to the same part of…

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    The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

    Two people translate the same short story. Only one sentence is the same. Judges judge. Who will win? Amazon evil evil blah blah evil. “(W)e speak and write badly because we don’t feel confident in what we think and are reluctant…