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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We, as a species, have built one large scale dam a day for the last 130 years (on average). Here are some books with awful original titles. I’m not going to pretend to understand this huge breakthrough in prime number…
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Beyond Americana
These are memories, packaged, dusted, shrink-wrapped, and worn. How strange are they for the man to whom they belonged?
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Well, This Is Certainly One Way to Give Advice
On a blog for the Wall Street Journal (where else?), Emily Oster gives advice based on economic theory. For example: There is a model in economics called the “sS” model. It’s not often applied to relationships, but I think it should…
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“Each One Is A Bloodless War”
It’s always fun to compare your culture’s inexplicably expensive and complicated customs with another’s and realize that nothing makes sense anywhere in the world. For example, at the Billfold, Jia Tolentino relates a conversation with a Kyrgyz friend about weddings: In…
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Guys Conner Habib Wanted to Fuck in High School
Crackerjack writer, porn actor, and Rumpus contributor Conner Habib has posted the latest in his “Guys I Wanted to Fuck in High School” series. It’s erotic and expansive and poignant, and you should read it right now. A preview: Do…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #183
GRAIN OF SAND #1 ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing a grain of sand.
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Notable New York: 5/20-5/26
Monday 05/20: The Belladonna* Collective’s Hot Texts series continues with readings from Lauren Hunter, Samantha Zighelboim, Allison Power, and Christine Kanownik. The Way Station, 6:30pm, $5 suggested donation. The Poetry Project hosts Ross Gay and Lauren Shufran. St. Mark’s Church,…
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Notable San Francsco 5/19-5/25
Monday 5/20: Cuban poet Nancy Morejón screens two films of her life and work. Free, 7pm, Emerald Tablet. Tuesday 5/21: Litquake presents Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo discussing her debut, We Need New Names. $5, 7pm, Lone Palm. Wednesday 5/22: Two Lines…
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Nick Cave Monday #36: “Dead Joe”
Even though we’re in the month of May, we can always use a little bit of Christmas spirit. The Birthday Party, Nick Cave’s pre–Bad Seeds band, gave us a song that we can sing anytime of year. There was this dude…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Happy Monday! 🙁 Before you get back to the grind, savor these last bits of the weekend. A comic by Yumi Sakugawa, which she described on Twitter in the following way: “My random idea for a metaphysical nudist desert retreat…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Welcome to the week! good news: the world won’t be hit by a giant asteroid at the end of the month. Happy 50th birthday chaos theory! It is very sad that the world does not have this desert crossing vehicle…