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Brodsky Appreciated
Speaking of exiled artists, there is a new statue paying homage to the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky that has been erected in a courtyard in Moscow. Brodsky moved to the United States in the 70’s after being expelled from Russia…
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Rumpus on Feministing!
Feministing published an article on the backlash to the Mac McClelland piece on PTSD, commending her bravery, defending the art of the personal essay and citing yesterday’s Roxane Gay piece for its wise advice on how our diverse personal narratives…
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Exiled Writers
Writers exiled from their country of origin have a unique relationship to language, freedom and oppression. The context of a homeland functions simultaneously a point of inspiration for the writer and guidance for readers, and so writing about home is…
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“If You Ever Write About Me…”
“Nothing links up, nothing makes sense, there’s only feelings and actions as you’re lost to something bigger than yourself. There is no cause. In that way, and perhaps in that way only, it’s like love.” Conner Habib writes a beautiful…
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Remembering Nabokov
Four days ago was the anniversary of Vladimir Nabokov’s death and this Paris Review blog remembers the wordsmith/butterfly catcher as the compelling professor and famous author that he became. There’s even a vague Lady Gaga comparison/reference. And did you know…
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Brazilian Poets These Days
Contemporary Brazilian poetry occupies one of those interesting post-revolution free spaces where anything can happen. After the poetic products of the military dictatorship and the national identity-searching, and the Tropicalia movement, contemporary Brazilian poetry had an opportunity to be apolitical…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I am about to go to through the Southwest, which is part of why I am in love with 1950s atomic bomb test photos. Robo-worm is coming to save the day! Second homes for leisure living(hurray). Y’all ready for a…
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The Revolution Is Incomplete
It is tempting to read the photos of last week’s renewed conflict in Tahrir Square as yet another isolated round of violence between the Egyptian youth and the Central Security Forces. But this subverts the root of the rage in…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week, 7/5-7/10
This week in San Francisco, get to Slim’s for old and new honky tonk at Rattle and Rye, the Booksmith presents Literary Clown Foolery and Fort Mason hosts the Renegade Craft Fair. Tuesday, July 5th – If you survived the…
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Sweet Deal!
Rumpus readers are getting a sweet deal! The good folks over at Litquake are hosting an event on July 10th called the New Literary Vanguard, in which they will “delve into the minds of the new generation of American male…
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The Thirty-Second Story
Inspired by “Jeopardy!,” this Book Bench article explores “the thirty-second story.” The anxiety-inducing nature of composing a memoir in thirty seconds is explored through discussion with former contestants of the show and by imploring other Book Benchers to compose their…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Get out of the way grandpa spider! Phone-call cartography is a pretty neat way to think about things. Pigeons understand that you hate them (personally). Sometimes we all want to ride the birthday fish. Let’s all look inside a tarantula.