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The Secret World of Punctuation
“Em-dash is complicated, and she’s not about to let you forget it. It takes three keys to create her, after all. She lives on the blood of baby hyphens, and one time, in a bar, while very drunk, she stole…
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“Hard Times in the Uncanny Valley”
Colson Whitehead went on a London Olympics adventure, which you can read all about in his multi-part dispatch for Grantland. “I started scoring events in terms of what they’d offer in a human-annihilation-type scenario. Offensewise, archery skills seemed like an…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Someday we’ll run out of abandoned things to photograph and just have to resort to flying houses. Welcome to the world, crazy new cave spider. Big week for long missing vehicles: maybe we’ve figured out what happened to Amelia Earhart…
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The Agony of Undefeat
Our friends at WRITE CLUB SF are hosting their awesome monthly event tonight, so go if you have the chance! “The Agony of Undefeat (Special XL Edition!)” will feature 8 WRITE CLUB SF champions duking it out, with only 4 left undefeated.…
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“We don’t listen to the know-it-alls”
“When I tell the people who write me letters that their problems keep me up at night, I’m not joking. I’ve been given a huge gift with this column, and I knew I would write it like a motherfucker, but…
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FURTHER GLIMPSES INTO ZADIE SMITH’S NEW NOVEL
“Pencil leaves no mark on magazine pages. Somewhere she has read that the gloss gives you cancer. Everyone knows it shouldn’t be this hot. Shrivelled blossom and bitter little apples. Birds singing the wrong tunes in the wrong trees too…
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The Guilt Behind Watching Football
In light of the upcoming season, Will Leitch writes about the well documented cruelty of the NFL for New York Magazine: Leitch, although unsure of how his fandom will be affected, makes valid points against watching a sport in which players…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The future is filled with 3-d printed meat and glasses free 3-d. The battle between man and shark has always been awesome (when drawn). Maybe you want to look at all known hurricanes and tropical storms since 1851. And now…
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Enough About the Cheaters
This past week has seen its fair share of breaking stories about cheating. Giants’ fans were saddened to hear about the downfall of Melky Cabrera, whose performance-enhancing drug scandal was made all the more sordid by recent allegations of an…
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Muni Anti-Muslim Ad Controversy
Adam Serwer reports for Mother Jones on the anti-Muslim advertisements that have recently appeared on Muni vehicles. The advertisements are paid for by Pamela Geller, an anti-muslim blogger: “The ads declare that ‘in any war between the civilized man and the…
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The Rumpus Loves New York!
The Rumpus and Flavorpill Proudly Present: “The Rumpus Loves New York!” Click Here to Purchase Tickets! Monday, Sep 10th at Public Assembly’s Front Room, 7:00 pm. $5 in advance, $10 at the door / 21+. With readings from Sam Lipsyte, Amber…
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The Dish on Depression
Over at The Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan gave love to last week’s essay by Katherine Sharpe, “In Praise of Depression.” Thanks, Andrew, we love you back!