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The Clinton Reading List
For Mother Jones, Jenny Luna notes the top four books on the current New York Times bestseller list: all books written by conservative writers speaking against Hillary Clinton: As seen with the success of Mitt Romney’s 2010 book, No Apology, sales don’t…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Cemeteries as places of architectural innovation. Great news everybody! Watching horror movies might burn calories! No need to exercise ever again! A quick look at the most desirable least accessible places on earth because isn’t that what the internet is…
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The Rumpus Interview with Nina Stibbe
Author Nina Stibbe discusses her new novel Paradise Lodge, our obsession with character likeability, and how she more than flirts with feminism.
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Notable Twin Cities: 8/21–8/27
Wednesday 8/24: Want to bookend your summer with some craft beer and the science of marketing? Join the authors of The Physics of Brand at Surly Brewing Co for Beer, Books & Brands, a release party presented by Magers and…
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Distance Devotion
If I understood the difference between good and great in that moment, it would be years before I came to accept it.
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Notable NYC: 8/20–8/26
Saturday 8/20: Nicole Dennis-Benn, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Yaa Gyasi join the Fort Greene Summer Lit Festival. BRIC, 2 p.m., free. Sunday 8/21: Astoria Bookshop celebrates its 3rd birthday. Astoria Bookshop, 11 a.m., free. Tuesday 8/23: Kate Milford presents The Left-Handed…
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How The End Begins by Cynthia Cruz
Jeff Lennon reviews Cynthia Cruz’s Where the End Begins today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview with Ramona Ausubel
I find tremendous hope in the act of storytelling—the way we can redirect energy, to reclaim history, to build back lives that have been otherwise upset.
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Keep Minor Characters Minor
At the Guardian, Charlotte Jones takes issue with the recently announced Pride and Prejudice sequel fleshing out the life of Mary Bennett—a character whose neglect is central to Austin’s plot: The singularity of Elizabeth Bennett, after all – the reason…
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What’s Better Than Crystal Skulls?
Join the debate—what’s going on with all the crystal skulls? At disinfo, Judy Hall investigates: In talking about crystal skulls, departures from “truth” inevitably occur. But what is truth? Just because the origins of a skull are dubious does not…
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Covers and Cultural Appropriation
It’s been a major issue since American popular music first expanded its sonic territory from traditional country and folk songs: the cultural appropriation of sounds, and even entire pieces, that became more marketable (and thus lucrative) once they were performed by…
