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Goodbye Oxford Comma
A University of Oxford Style Guide has decided to go minimalist on all the grammarians and drop the oxford comma. They’re making big decisions over there. Watch out: ‘“As a general rule, do not use the serial/Oxford comma: so write…
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Readin Not Schemin
No need to worry, everybody! Ponzi schemer extraordinaire, Bernie Madoff, is doing totally fine in prison. He’s been reading a bunch! James Michener novels, to be specific. Will books enrich him with a newfound sense of moral integrity? Probably not…
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Kafka-ish
Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis is being adapted into a “fresh modern horror” film of the same name. Shooting for the movie is beginning next month, but these things are already true: the traveling salesman Gregor Samsa will be a high-school teenager…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Hey dudes, don’t give monkeys your food. Dorothy Parker’s writer’s block in telegraph form. I am a big fan of re-purposed factories. This is a fact. Have you guys seen the new Canadian money? Effective library displays!
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Next Up in the Tradition of Sadomasochistic Erotic Literature: Ariel Sands
Ariel Sands, the pseudonym of an internationally known nonfiction writer, is now exploring the fictional domain. Her first novel, Never the Face: A Story of Desire, explores sadomasochistic obsession through a sexually graphic narrative. Read what the author has to…
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Struggling Poet? No Worries, There’s An App For That.
There are now approximately 718 different apps–“PortaPoet”, “Erotic Poems” or “Prose for Bros” just to name a couple– that come up when you search “poetry” on iTunes’ App Store. Nick Laird examines how the fundamental nature of poetry is affected…
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“We Who Are About to Tweet”
On “We Who Are About to Tweet,” Ani Smith compiles twitter philosophies—which is great for reference on twitter etiquette and digging up 140-character gems of the past. And her most recent interview is Isaac “Why in the fuck was I…
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The Indie Lit Summit 2011
Washington, D.C.’s literary scene will be welcoming editors and writers alike for the Indie Lit City Summit on July 16, 2011. Largely organized by Dan Brady, one of the Barrelhouse editors, the event is meant to serve as a brainstorming…
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Drinkin/Jammin
There isn’t enough evidence of this summer season on this blog roll. We’re embarking on a wondrous season and it’s time to acknowledge it. One way to celebrate is through the inextricably-linked, summer-themed pairing of beer and summer jams. You…
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Online Dating, Then and Now
A recent New Yorker article brings you the history of online dating, in all of its splendor. Nicholas Paumgarten traces back online dating to its roots at the World’s Fair in Queens in the fall of 1964, when it began…
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Did You Just Eat Breakfast?
This one time in the 19th century, some guys were hanging out in a store when a shotgun accidently went off, wounding one Alex St Martin in the stomach, exposing his breakfast and his digestive system. While the part about…
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Less Bad News for NYC Libraries
There’s more bad news about NYC’s libraries, but it’s less bad than ever, which in the context of libraries is almost like good news. The budget for the 2012 Fiscal Year is out, which was the impetus for Mayor Bloomberg’s…