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The Story of The Story of O
A French author with three different pseudonyms wrote a best-selling pornographic novel, which was once considered “the most shocking book ever written,” so you know it’s good. This Guernica article relays the story of this elusive author, discussing her work,…
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Literary Mail
Mark Twain found another way to be immortal—and it doesn’t involve the posthumous release of a book. It’s actually one of the coolest collaborations between a US government agency and the literary arts: the Mark Twain stamp, which is the…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Very bad news underwater buddies. Terrifying news: birds are evolving in ways we can’t even possibly perceive. Let’s talk about the sounds of the universe. Some thoughts on redesigning the English receipt. Everyone loves ancient game-changing temples.
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New Tin House Podcast
From our Pacific Northwesterly neighbors, a new Tin House podcast featuring Steve Almond for your enjoyment. Steve Almond provides a lecture from last summer’s Writer’s Workshop, “Everything They Told You in MFA School Was Wrong, Except For The Debt.” He…
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Chicago: Paul Madonna is in Town Tonight!
Calling all those who live in/near Chicago! Comics editor, Paul Madonna is in town talking about and signing his new book, Everything is its own Reward. The book is chock-full of beautiful illustrations, if you haven’t seen it already. Where…
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July’s Rumpus Book Club Selection
Next month’s Rumpus Book Club selection will indeed satisfy your summer fiction cravings. How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive is Christopher Bouchet’s debut novel, published by Melville House Publishing. The story involves death and road trips, a 1971 VW Bug…
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Stock Poetics
Those of us who can only stomach the stock market when paired with poetry (or vice versa?) may be in need of a mash-up. We are in luck. This week BOMBlog juxtaposes a video on the stock market with poetry…
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Language Therapy
Should doctors be prescribing languages instead of pharmaceuticals? The Nation‘s Ange Mlinko ponders the potentially transformative relationship between a second language and the self.
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Age-Revealing Spit
It turns out those trusty Law and Order-like forensic techniques are now being adopted for another function–the preservation of social norms via the avoidance of seemingly invasive questions! Next time you feel the need to know somebody’s age, but feel…
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Dear Sugar Coming Soon!
For those of you who are feeling the lack of sweet counseling normally provided on Thursdays afternoons, please hold off one more day! Dear Sugar #77 will be coming your way tomorrow morning. These saccharine archives will calm your Sugar…
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Franzen’s Comin’ Over
When you’re playing host for your literary idol, there is a lot of opportunity for panic and embarrassment. Wendy MacLeod recounts Jonathan Franzen’s visit to Kenyon, recalling her anticipatory anxieties, how to avoid sending out stalker-ish vibes, and what it’s…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I hope you guys are ready for hella space garbage next week. 100 plus years of Olympic posters (are neat). In the future we will all drive around in electric diwheels. You know what else is cool? Dutch mystery novel…