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The Week in Greed #15: Seven Unpopular Truths About Last Night’s Great Debate

  • Steve Almond
  • October 4, 2012
1. Mitt Romney convincingly portrayed a sympathetic human being.
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Sense of Place #2: Christopher Beha, Washington Square Park

  • Brad DeCecco
  • October 4, 2012
At some point, the neighborhood — and these walks around it — seeped into the story.
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Donkey Kong in Trouble

  • Olivia Olivia
  • October 4, 2012
Let’s say it’s Redwood City, California, in the year 2000.  It’s just barely summer, May or June.  I just got out of middle school, but maybe not, maybe I have a year…
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The Rumpus Interview with Chad Stokes of Dispatch

  • Rachel Levin
  • October 3, 2012
These guys gave up the dream of every fledgling college band. And yet, still, more than a decade later -- they are arguably bigger than they would've been had they stayed together.
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Give Something, Get Something

  • Michael Copperman
  • October 3, 2012
I know I don’t truly understand what blood money really means, or what it is to offer up the vein, to be willing to give anything just to get by, but I have learned this: just because a story has utility doesn’t mean it’s false.
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HEAVY-HANDED: Long Message

  • Chelsea Martin
  • October 3, 2012
"I sent you a text message and waited for you to respond..."
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The Story of Books

  • Jason Novak
  • October 2, 2012
Jason Novak illustrates the origin story of the book. Enjoy:
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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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Boyfriends: Foster

  • Shelagh Power-Chopra and Kara Jansson
  • October 2, 2012
"I found him in the rare book room masturbating over a folio from Fuerst’s translation of Beowulf..."
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #154

  • Ted Wilson
  • October 1, 2012
SALAMANDERS ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing salamanders.
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The Rumpus Interview With Kevin Moffett

  • Adam Levin
  • October 1, 2012
The first time I almost heard of The Silent History from Eli Horowitz was three or so years ago.
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Nick Cave Monday #3: “Shivers” To “Junkyard”

  • Tony DuShane
  • October 1, 2012
A Quick Video Evolution of Nick Cave from 1979 – 1982.
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