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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I’m sure we’ve all asked ourselves “why is Mercury like an orange and not a peach?” 19th Century Japanese bird paintings (are neat). This just in: gas masks are terrifying huh? On standing in line in India. I am afraid…
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Of Maus and Men
Arguably, no other story has been made to express absolute black and absolute white as clearly as World War II. So how can an artist integrate the textures of grey that make a story truly poignant? In an essay for…
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Doing the Math(s) On Across-the-Pond Vocab
If Americans roll their eyes at each other for pretentious uses of British English like “flat” and “queue,” Brits are just as likely to look down on compatriots who use Americanisms like “take-out” and “shopping cart.” But are the UK’s…
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Literary Salon: Genuine Storytelling
The new media landscape might tear writing as we know it apart—or it might give us opportunities to find thrilling new niches. Tomorrow night in NYC, join writers and editors from Columbia University, Tin House, and more to hear how…
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Henry Miller’s Disgust for Brooklyn
Henry Miller hated Brooklyn almost as passionately as he loved Big Sur and dirty sex. In “Henry Miller, Brooklyn Hater,” Alexander Nazaryan takes a look at Miller’s lifelong contempt for the borough. In a 1975 documentary, Miller refers to Brooklyn as: a…
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“The world is one magical motherfucker.”
From the Bill Hicks Story. Who are you? And why are you here?
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #182
MOTHER’S DAY 2013 ★★★★★ (0 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Mother’s Day 2013.
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NOTABLE SAN FRANCISCO: 5/13-5/18
Monday 5/13: Real-life storytelling monthly The Shout is back at the Grand Lake Coffee House. Featuring Rachel Gill, James Monroe Iglehart, Craig Mclughlin, Marc Gwinn, Daniel Herrera Castro, and the first of six willing attendees. Sliding scale $5+, 7:30. Tuesday…
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Nick Cave Monday #35: “The Lyre of Orpheus”
Happy Mother’s Day. And a big hug to Dawn Cave, the mother who gave us the King of The Bad Seeds. Thank you, Dawn, and thank you, Calliope. Calli-a-who? Calliope was the mother of the greatest musician of all time,…
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Notable New York: 5/13-5/19
Monday 05/13: Emily Books presents “What is the Queer Novel?” featuring a reading and discussion with Sarah Schulman and Barbara Browning. Housing Works Bookstore, 7pm, free. The Franklin Park Reading Series welcomes a killer line-up featuring The Rumpus’ Roxane Gay,…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
We hope you were so busy taking your mamas out to brunch and showering them with love and appreciation that you simply had no time for The Rumpus this weekend. We celebrated Mother’s Day with two very different interviews that…
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The last place where the post office tries to decipher your bad handwriting
Or just impossible addresses, like “the one addressed to the house ‘down the street from the drugstore on the corner’ or one intended for ‘the place next to the red barn.’”