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September Lit Events in NYC
New York’s September’s got a slew of literary events, brought to you by Housing Works Bookstore Café at 126 Crosby in SoHo. The events range from internet meme-themed variety shows, teacher appreciation happy hours to travel writing book groups, but…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Perhaps you are wondering what the proper protocol is when looking for a yeti in the 50s. Have y’all been following the constitutional goings on in Iceland these days? I go out of town for two weeks and somehow I…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #101
PURPLE NURPLES ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing purple nurples.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Minor Poem” by Bill Knott
Lately, I’ve been feeling full-circlish. As a result, I am choosing to publicly acknowledge the-last-poem-I-loved’s similarity to the first poem that made me want to be a poet. They were both written by Bill Knott, they are both terribly short,…
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Notable New York, This Week 9/05-9/11
This week in New York, the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, Red Lemonade Launch Party with Kio Stark, Melville House Poetry After 9/11, Red Hen Press authors at Bowery Poetry Club, Mike Geffner’s Inspired Word with Rachel Eliza…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We’ll be laying low today. Have a good Labor Day. “In Praise of the American Worker,” a slideshow from Life magazine.
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“This is a police state. This is Arizona…”
“This is a police state. This is Arizona, and worse, this is my country. I must remember this moment. I must not forget even if I want, even if, when I’m back home in bed, the whole scene seems impossible.”…
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Coming Out in OutServe Magazine
About a hundred gay, lesbian, and bisexual members of the military will come out to their fellow service members on U.S. Army and Air Force bases in the pages of OutServe Magazine on September 20, 2011. That is the day…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
I’m feeling concise today. Jessa Crispin on sexism in the arts. Flannery O’Connor tweets? (via) A classic but always excellent video: Vonnegut charts a story. (via) At the Paris Review, on William Steig’s art.
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What’s It Like at Your MFA Program?
John Gallaher is looking for responses in what he’s calling his “Market Research Friday.” Yes, it’s Saturday, but I suspect he’s leaving comments open for a while yet. Here’s what he’s mainly asking for: “1. Is there an reigning, asserted…
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Science Saturday
See a supernova from your back yard. This little piece in Wired on the discovery of the earliest known human tools in interesting not just for the discovery information, but for the way the writer breaks down how scientists pegged…