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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Porn, Christopher Hitchens, snacking on weaker humans … You name it, Rumpus Books has got it. Our weekly roundup below the fold.
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SMALL POTATOES:
Collagen SallyClick 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
No-Tell Motel has some summer reading recommendations for you. Did you see our reviews of two poetry collections this week? Weston Cutter on Maureen McLane and Virginia Konchan on Timothy Green. Harriet points to where you can help with Gulf…
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O. Henry’s Afterlife: Thoughts and Ephemera
There are worse things to do this Saturday than to read or re-read William Sydney Porter—O. Henry—who died one hundred years ago today.
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The Rumpus Review of Littlerock
If films were fighters, Mike Ott’s second offering, Littlerock, would weigh in at 123 minutes, placing it in the featherweight division, a deft, gentle movie, lithe and light during its two hours in the ring. Not to suggest that it’s diminutive —…
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Lately at Ted
I’ve been known to burn a whole afternoon just watching talk after talk. Here’s some of what I’ve enjoyed of late. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy takes Ted inside a school for suicide bombers in Pakistan. Chris ‘moot” Poole, founder of 4chan,…
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Oil Spill Update
Want to read the BP oil spill plan? If you want great information–though a bit technical–from people in the industry, read The Oil Drum. And follow them on Twitter. Rachel Maddow has done incredible on-site reporting since this started, both…
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Science Saturday
That giant sinkhole in Guatemala? Humans did it. It’s also not technically a sinkhole. SpaceX, the private company who will be taking over for the Space Shuttle, had a successful test launch yesterday. Cricket sex is kind of interesting to…
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Saturday Morning Links
It’s been a good week on The Rumpus. I’ll try to keep it going. Dear Prescott Arizona. Fuck you. Daniel Sinker brings an old book back to life. The book? 2010: Living in the Future. How much will self-publishing affect…
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Teddy Wayne’s Kapitoil Playlist
The Book Notes feature over at Largehearted Boy strikes again today with a playlist plus commentary for the new novel Kapitoil. Teddy Wayne, writer of the book, gives us a movie-esque soundtrack for his novel about computer programmers during the final…