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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Maybe you can’t judge a book by it’s cover, but you can refuse to sell it if it features Alexander the Great’s butt. Ron Charles wants to tell you about how to make a hip book review. (via) The LA Times…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It’d be a good idea to click on where it says “…more.” Rumpus Books kind of kicked ass this week.
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Last week, I made a snarky comparison of Kent Johnson’s theory about the authorship of a Frank O’Hara poem to Andrew Sullivan’s continual questions about who exactly Trig Palin’s mother is. Johnson responded to Tony Towle’s challenges
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Would you like to write (about poetry) for The Rumpus?
Of course you would. Who wouldn’t? We’d like to know the last book you loved. Send us a writeup of the last poem or book of poems you truly loved, along with a short bio. We’ll publish our favorites in…
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The Return of Tri-Quarterly
Last year, you might remember, it looked like the journal Tri-Quarterly was a goner. Lots of concerns–valid one, I want to note–about how well the journal would go through the change from a print journal to an online one, especially…
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I Will Blurb Any Book Within 24 Hours! #12
Tired of waiting weeks or even MONTHS for back-cover endorsements from recognizable authors? I, Mickey Hess, will blurb any book – that’s right, ANY book – within 24 hours! Just look at these satisfied customers: J Robert Lennon’s Video Game…
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Science Saturday
The story of the faster-than-wind wind-driven vehicle is fascinating, not so much for the actual machine, but for the rancor the debate stirred up online. Very good read though. Studying the place of the booty call relationshipon the spectrum of…
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Do you want to understand the mortgage meltdown?
Good luck. It’s confusing as all hell, especially if your understanding of the working of the economy is on a par with Mac and Dennis of Paddy’s Pub in Philadelphia. Or if you’re one of those folks on the Washington…
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Saturday Morning Links
First meeting of the term turned into drinking and eating and eating and drinking and a long headachey ride home. That’s what I call a good start. To absolutely no one’s surprise, Mississippi still has some work to do on…
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SMALL POTATOES:
Questionable LogicClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …