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A Matter of Dignity

  • Roxane Gay
  • October 4, 2012
Certain constituencies are always shoved aside, always told their issues will be addressed at some nebulous point in the future. During a lengthy debate, to see these issues merit neither discussion nor debate speaks to how little dignity is valued on the political stage.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Portland!

  • David Biespiel
  • October 3, 2012
Portland Goes Wild for Mathew Dickman and the Objectivist Tradition Now: I can’t tell you whether or not two days ago I was in a brief e-mail back and forth…
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“The Crossed Out Swastika” by Cyrus Cassells

  • Dan Shewan
  • October 3, 2012
Cyrus Cassells’ fifth collection of poems, The Crossed-Out Swastika, treads the familiar yet treacherous and muddy ground of World War II. For a less skilful poet, such hostile territory may…
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FUNNY WOMEN #87: Delusions of Grandeur

  • Huda Al-Marashi
  • October 2, 2012
I told him that I was a novelist and modeled in between books to support the online charity I’d founded to send unwanted makeup to women abroad.
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David Foster Wallace Was A Comedy Nerd

  • Jack Taylor
  • October 1, 2012
Blythe Robertson unpacks David Foster Wallace’s thoughts, and impacts, on American comedy for Splitsider. Wallace often worried about the overwhelming amount of irony on television – talking heads poking fun…
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: First Monday in October

  • David Biespiel
  • October 1, 2012
Bob Hicok Says Believe Me: Over at The Believer, Bob Hicok fields a few questions (excerpts only at this point per interviewer Matthew Sherling) about his writing process. Hicok’s takes…
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Sinclair Lewis’ Rejection Letter

  • Jack Taylor
  • October 1, 2012
Letters of Note posts Sinclair Lewis’ rejection of the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. Lewis argues that honors such as the Pulitzer serve the committees who award them rather…
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Lit-Link Round-up

  • Gina Frangello
  • September 30, 2012
Samuel L. Jackson wants you to Wake the Fuck Up. It’s almost time for The Great Write-Off.  And not to late to sponsor someone… Are you on your way to…
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Yarn-Bombing

  • Jack Taylor
  • September 28, 2012
A “mystery knitter” has taken to the streets in Edinburgh, protesting the city’s tram system. The form of protest is being called “yarn-bombing,” which involves crafty individuals knitting signs of…
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Eisenhower Answers America: The First Political Advertisements on American TV

  • Jack Taylor
  • September 28, 2012
Open Culture compiles Eisenhower Answers America, the ad campaign that lead to Dwight D. Eisenhower’s victory in the 1952 presidential election. Eisenhower was an American war hero, and the use…
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Guernica’s Interviews With Banned Authors

  • Jack Taylor
  • September 28, 2012
In commemoration of Banned Books Week (September 30th – October 6th), Guernica will be posting interviews with authors whose work was deemed too controversial. The site will also post essays…
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You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake by Anna Moschovakis

  • Collin Schuster
  • September 28, 2012
Because approaching a lake is a strange thing, especially in the opening pages. Small detours abound.
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