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Would You Be Seen In Public With A Sci-Fi Book?
“(W)hile science fiction as a genre does very well with the general public in the film and television media, there’s still resistance to getting a mainstream fiction reader to allow themselves to be seen with a science fiction book that’s…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
I know we linked to this yesterday, but I just love this idea so much: Roxane Gay at GIANT is proposing a Literary Magazine Club. The Rocky Mountain Land Library near Denver looks like it might be the best library ever.…
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SMALL POTATOES:
HomageClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
The great MFA usefulness debate continues with a piece by Lev Raphael. (Here’s my contribution if you’re interested.) Barbara Jane Reyes gives Reginald Dwayne Betts’ book four of five stars. I agree completely, and I’m using Shahid Reads His Own…
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Discovering Daytrotter
I can’t say I agree with the premise that it’s more difficult to discover new and interesting music, but I can promise you I’ll be spending some time on Daytrotter. If you don’t know about the site, here’s their story.…
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Science Saturday
What goes into the formation of an icicle? Arguing can be good for you, apparently. Tried to see the Perseids meteor shower on Thursday night, but down here light pollution makes it really difficult. National Geographic has some great shots…
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Where did all the music go?
Breaking it down. THE OLD GUARD Just want to return to the old days. What are the old days? The nineties. Yes, the CD replacement business still existed, you could only buy albums, which were exorbitantly priced, and Napster had not yet…
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Saturday Morning Links
It’s my little sister’s 40th birthday today. I doubt she’ll thank me for mentioning that here. HTMLGIANT jumps on the book club wagon (and we’re glad to have them). Their unique spin on it is to look at literary magazines.…
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Herbert on Leonardo
“The peculiarity of Leonardo’s disquiet is that it does not manifest itself in violent gestures. It is disquiet that respects the line, disquiet controlled and therefore doubly disquieting. How great is it and how great is he who mastered it.”…
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Chordal Wheeling
There are geeks, there are music geeks, and then there are the chordal crusaders, the modal moradeurs. In their own words, “powerambient” band Chord summons the feeling “of a single note being rendered into an unsolvable riddle–a harmonic Gordian knot…
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September’s Monthly Rumpus: Where’s Steve?
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: Where’s Steve? Click here to buy tickets! On September 13th at The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. 7pm. Featuring authors Creston Lea, Katie Crouch, Rives, and Daniel Alarcón. Music by John Craigie and Shovelman…