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Welcome to the Clone Zone
Via Longreads, a Carl Zimmer story on his National Geographic blog about bringing lost species back from extinction. Dinosaurs are probably out of the question because their remains are too old to contain usable DNA, but according to “an expert on mammoth DNA at McMaster…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
This just in: Tetris is the best. Leonardo da Vinci applies for a job. Perhaps you’d like some 1970s science textbook design today. Not sleeping with your cousin is very hard if you live in Iceland. Let’s all take a…
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Get Involved With A Blog About “Raising Good Citizens”
Do you have something to say about race and parenting and youth? Racialicious’s sister site Love Isn’t Enough is looking for writers, editors, and more! Details here.
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Boston Marathon Roundup
If you’re looking for a token of solace after the Boston marathon bombings, please check out Roxane Gay’s words if you haven’t already. And Thomas Page McBee reflects on ways to help when feeling helpless. At the Guardian, Rumpus columnist Steve…
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New Readers Report Theme: “Misery Loves Company” (Submissions due Tonight)
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for another “Rumpus Readers Report.” This time we want you to tackle the theme “Misery Loves Company.” Please send your submissions, maximum 400 words, to Susan Clements, silentjoy2001…
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Trans Lit Blooms
“Whereas in the past, most trans books were non-fiction, either how-to or memoir books, we’re starting to see novels and short fiction coming from trans authors in North America,” explains Leger. “It’s a great time to be a trans person…
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Congratulations to All the Pulitzer Winners!
Congratulations to the hardworking writers who won Pulitzer Prizes yesterday, especially Rumpus interviewees Adam Johnson and Tom Reiss! Johnson won in the fiction category with his novel The Orphan Master’s Son, which we interviewed him about here. Reiss won in the biography/autobiography…
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Into the Fold
Shortly after yesterday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon, my Twitter feed was thick with Bostonians seeking and sharing information: Copley station was closed, cell lines jammed, marathoners meeting on the Common. People wanted to know where it was safe to…
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Notable NYC: 4/15-4/21
We’re a day behind. We hope you made it through Monday without the sublime guidance of Notable NYC. A (user) error occurred yesterday and all was lost. But all is not lost, Notable NYC is here to make sure that…
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Natasha Trethewey Gulfing!
Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey is flexing her foreign diplomacy muscles in the Persian Gulf for National Poetry Month. On April 24, Trethewey will be participating in a public interview at the Abu Dhabi International Bookfair, to kick off the massive list of…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today seems like a day when everyone could use a baby hippo. WWI era infographics. Finland has won the coolest passport contest. Vintage speakeasy cards (are also a neat thing). Maybe you’d like to read the entirety of Captain Scott’s…
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ALBUM #4, AUDIO PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS AT WORK: Lea Thau
Peabody Award-winning producer and director Lea Thau came to New York City from her native Denmark in 1996 to pursue graduate studies in comparative literature.