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Notable New York, This Week 1/31-2/06
This week in New York lots of literary events to make you forget that you’re not going to be at AWP: authors Maxine Hong Kingston and Leslie Marmon Silko introduced by Toni Morrison at the 92nd Street Y, Bomb Magazine…
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Horn! Reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: Pacazo Kevin Thomas reviews Pacazo, this month’s Rumpus Book Club pick.
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“The blowtorch is the secret weapon in design…”
Benedicte Page explores the world of “extreme book design.” (via TheBookBench)
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Nanny Posthumously Declared Photography Luminary
You have to read this undeniably strange tale over on the BBC about Vivian Maier, a suddenly revered photographer who died in obscurity. Four years ago, real estate agent John Maloof purchased the contents of an abandoned storage unit which…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/24-1/30
This week in San Francisco: Clown Burlesque, stories about food, art shows, magazine readings, and Cyclops Wearing Flip Flops. Monday 1/24: This month at Cat’s Pajamas, get your regular dose of burlesque with a side of clown as Dottie Lux…
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Republic of Metal
“Botswana Heavy Metal Generation” is a beautiful photo essay by Johan Persson that explores “one of the most vibrant and fast growing heavy metal scenes in Africa.”
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Notable New York, This Week 1/24-1/30
This week in New York Reginald Dwayne Betts at louderARTS, the Saul Bellow Slam, Edwidge Danticat on Haiti Noir with actors Anika Noni Rose and Stephen Lang at Symphony Space, Literary Death Match is giving away Shya Scanlon’s Forecast, musicians…
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“The eye section alone suffices, the under portion of the face being unnecessary.”
Diagrams and illustrations by Tom Lewis for the CRM textbooks Life and Health (1972) and Developmental Psychology Today (1971):
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Welcome to the Ten-In-One
WELCOME TO THE TEN-IN-ONE Step Right Up… We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new Rumpus Comic, Welcome to the Ten-In-One, by the awesome Lisa Brown.