Blogs
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Notable Los Angeles: 7/27-8/2
Saturday 7/27: FAT GIRL discussion and book signing with Carlos Batts and April Flores. 3 p.m. at the Ahmanson Auditorium at MOCA Grand Avenue. Susan Choi reads from her most recent book My Education. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books. Launch…
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murmur in the inventory by erica lewis
Carleen Tibbetts reviews erica lewis’s murmur in the inventory today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Links I Like
I’m rereading Tom Kealy’s The Creative Writing MFA Handbook, which means I’m thinking of applying to graduate school. When I was in San Francisco, I met Tom Kealy and would run into him from time to time in the Mission…
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Releasing the Days by Stephen Meadows
Barbara Berman reviews Stephen Meadows’ Releasing the Days today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Hymn for the Black Terrific by Kiki Petrosino
Julie Marie Wade reviews Kiki Petrosino’s Hymn for the Black Terrific today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Dispatch from the Carnival #1: The Trick is There is No Trick
We start by lighting parts of ourselves on fire that are easier to put out than our faces. Hands, to begin.
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Nick Cave Monday #45: “Do You Love Me?”
Falling in love is a putrid, vile mind space filled with demons. It’s also an angel glowing in white light luring you into her. Let’s explore love, Bad Seeder style. One quick announcement, Nick Cave Monday ends at #52, so…
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Lit-Link Round-up
12 Amazing Staircases around the world. LitReactor is rocking it on craft essays. Their most recent newsletter groups together 10 of the best. Steve Almond’s open letter to his daughter, about love. Sandie Friedman’s essay on “the unlived life” at The…
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Links I Like
I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about the Zimmerman verdict. I recommend Roxane Gay’s How America Profiled Trayvon Martin and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Karen Bender’s What Great Writing Can Teach Us About Trayvon Martin. Read bell hooks Was Right.…
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O Holy Insurgency by Mary Biddinger
Kristina Marie Darling reviews Mary Biddinger’s O Holy Insurgency today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Notable Los Angeles: 7/20-7/26
Saturday 7/20: Robert Rotstein will be signing copies of Corrupt Practices (A Parker Stern Novel). 12 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books. Unkindest Cut reading series with readers Justin Becker, Kate Coltun & Dave Horwitz. 6 p.m. at The Pop Hop. Sunday…
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The Flood by Molly Brodak
Sally Rosen Kindred reviews Molly Brodak’s The Flood today in Rumpus Poetry.