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A Rumpus at Muni Diaries
At the Muni Diaries Reunion Show, our own managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald told a story “about heroics on the D.C. Metro, and why wearing khaki pants doesn’t necessarily make you gangster” (we’re not sure of their use of “heroics” here,…
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LitCrawl + Rumpus = ♥
This October’s Rumpus event will collide with LitCrawl, Litquake’s final evening. Join in the Crawl on Saturday, October 15th and come find us at 8:30pm at the Make-Out Room. The event will feature Stephen Elliot, Kathleen Alcott, Isaac Fitzgerald, Laura…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The Big Picture on Occupy Everywhere (I love you Big Picture). Department of things-to-buy-me-please: The Keaton Music Typewriter. Sentimental Cartography. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, slide based art is the best art. That last link led…
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Economic Mythology
“The stimulus failed.” “The deficit is our biggest problem right now.” “Lower taxes are the best way to grow the economy.” “Regulatory uncertainty is clogging the economy.” “If you unshackle the rich, they’ll rev up the economy.” According to Mother…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Last night was the smallest full moon of the year. yep. On the apocalyptic architecture of seedbanks. Here are some bird logos of the 60s and 70s. If you are happy all the time there is something wrong with your…
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Flash Fiction Series
Guernica Daily just kicked-off a new flash fiction series “designed to showcase up-and-coming writers and artists.” Check out the first entry of the series and consider flashing them your own piece?
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Do Not Screen
Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes‘ latest project Do Not Screen is reviewed here. The piece explores Rombes’ take on film and what is “in between” the project’s process and result. “By leaving space for the time, Do Not Screen displays the…
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What Footnote?
“The e-book hasn’t killed the book; instead, it’s killing the ‘page.’ Today’s e-readers scroll text continuously, eliminating the single preformed page, along with any text defined by being on its bottom.” In this New York Times essay, Alexandra Horowitz discusses…
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Occupy Your Conscience: A Rumpus Exaltation
When I was four or five years old, my mom and dad called me and my brothers into the living room.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Just in time for, uh, yesterday: maybe Columbus discovered Syphilis too! Have you always wished you could be shot out of a gun after you die? Good news! So here’s the deal: maybe there used to be giant octopuses, and…
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Missing Tiles in the American Mosaic: The Rumpus Interview with Alia Malek
In late October 2000, Alia Malek, the American daughter of Syrian immigrant parents, started work as a civil rights lawyer in the U.S. Justice Department. She then watched the newly-elected Bush Administration re-direct
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Notable San Francisco 10/10-10/16
This week in San Francisco-Litquake 2011 takes the town with 500 authors at over 100 events. Check the website for a full calendar, and read on for some highlights. Monday 10/10: San Francisco’s premier storytelling series Porchlight hosts Are We…