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Eisenhower Answers America: The First Political Advertisements on American TV

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

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

Because approaching a lake is a strange thing, especially in the opening pages. Small detours abound.

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Poetry

David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: If You Ain’t Got Your Poetics, Man, You’re Sunk

I’m glad to see Joshua Weiner wrestle so diligently and forthrightly with Charles Bernstein’s Attack of the Difficult Poems over on The Los Angeles Review. His review deserves attention, and…

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Letters in the Mail Update

With the ninth month of Letters in the Mail coming to an end, we thought it would be a good time for a recap. Here, in chronological order, are all…

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“Black Ops: ‘Post-Racial’ Comedy in the Age of Obama”

Richard Morgan interviews black comedians about mainstream media’s representation of “Black America,” for Splitsider. Fourteen comedians of varying popularity are interviewed, all of whom touch on similar themes – such…

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Bringing Attention To Drone Use

Animal New York interviews Essam, the artist behind a recent campaign aiming to start a conversation about the United States’ foreign, and what he believes to be imminent, domestic use…

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The Bold Italic’s Bold Rush

The Bold Italic is going on tour! The site will be traveling up and down the west coast to Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle. In each city, there will be a…

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“In Time’s Rift” by Ernst Meister

In Heidegger’s essay ‘The Nature of Language’ he poses the question “When does language speak itself as language?” He answers: “Curiously enough, when we cannot find the right word for…

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FUNNY WOMEN #86: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Mantis

Did Steve Harvey's bestseller Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man resonate with you? Then you'll LOVE its nature-inspired spinoff, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Mantis.

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Torture

n+1 shares Marco Roth’s “On Torture and Parenting,” an essay originally published in 2006, in light of the release of Roth’s recent memoir, The Scientists: A Family Romance. Roth, one of the founding…

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Lit-Link Round-up

Honestly, stop everything and watch Sarah Silverman walk you through the current regulations on “voter fraud.” In short, make sure Grandma’s registered to own a firearm and we’re all good……

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