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An East Coast Earthquake?!
The East Coast just experienced an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude, which is mild in geological terms but shocking otherwise. All of us here living too far to experience the effects of the earthquake hope all you east coasters are safe…
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Tao Lin/ Ben Lerner Conversation on Poetry/A Novel About Poetry
Tao Lin interviews the poet and novelist, Ben Lerner for the Believer. After three poetry collections, Lerner just published a novel, Leaving Atocha Station (Muumuu House excerpts it here). It turns out his poetical prowess is just one of Lerner’s…
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Chatting Through the Ages
This n+1 piece tracks the history of conversation, in different mediums. The vastly diverging worlds of talking vs. conversation vs. chatting online have all experienced their own evolution. Even just focusing on chat itself reveals a trajectory perpetually informed by…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
While we weren’t looking the Russians totally beat us at the most important part of the space race. Speaking of: totally 80s Soviet propaganda. Let’s all take a moment to think about the most poisonous spider. Fact: Scrabble is totally…
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The Importance of Libyan Fiction
With the political turmoil going down in Libya, and with a history of artistic oppression, specifically the writers that were unjustly imprisoned under Gadhafi’s rule, it should be asked: what’s happening to writers in Libya right now? Hisham Matar, author…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 8/22-8/27
This week in San Francisco: we are at the last week of the month, and so many of our roommates are gearing up for a festival in the desert, so lets make this week a good send off. Monday 8/22:…
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Maud Newton on a DFW-Inspired Trend
Maud Newton’s NY Times essay, “Another Thing to Sort of Pin on David Foster Wallace,” discusses yet another DFW-inspired trend–that is his “slangy approachability.” He defined a writing style that has permeated through the blogosphere. His ability to combine legal…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #99
EYEBALLS ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing eyeballs.
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The Rumpus in LA: “It’s About Time”
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “It’s About Time” A Los Angeles Rumpus Event! Saturday September 10th, The Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026, Doors Open 4 pm, show starts 4:30! Featuring Brilliant Authors: Joshuah Bearman, Gabrielle Calvocoressi Music By:…
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All of Us, Anchored in Place
“…isn’t it strange, I mean, this thing about being a human being breathing and thinking and sensing and dwelling always, always, in a place?” This essay in the Millions is all about place and home—how all aspects of living occurs…
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A New Sports Site in the Making
There’s a new alternative sports site in the making. The Classical is the brainchild of a bunch of writers and editors who write for the Nation, the Times, GQ, Vice, Pitchfork (and other notable publications), who are trying to raise…
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Notable New York, This Week 8/22-8/28
This week in New York Amy Waldman reads from The Submission; a book party for Jennifer Close’s Girls in White Dresses; CALYX poetry reading at Bluestockings; a night of prose at KGB Bar; Central Park Film Festival shows Shine a…