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Cheez Doodles
“These are financially troubled times for our profession … — times that test our character — and it is disheartening to learn that journalism schools are responding to this challenge by urging their students to market themselves like Cheez Doodles.”…
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Tweet Not Lest Ye Be Judged
“If you have a Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn account, you are already being judged — or will be soon. Companies with names like Klout, PeerIndex and Twitter Grader are in the process of scoring millions, eventually billions, of people on their level of influence…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
A good morning to you! Apparently one of the best ways to get caught cheating is to use a semicolon correctly. (via) Also, you should probably know that Aldous Huxley went all mescaline in the southern California desert once. It’s…
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Some Musings on Fair Use
I’m a bit of an anarchist when it comes to Intellectual Property, especially in the realm of art. I imagine that makes me a bit of an outlier, and I think my position stems, in part at least, from the…
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The Last Poem I Loved: “When he left, how many birds did he leave?” by Jessica Young
I love a poem which opens by grounding me in a particular context, or way of thinking, or regard of the narrative voice, but then uproots me tornado-style and flings me through the air to where nothing resembling a soft…
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Science Saturday
That noise your dog makes? Humans had a hand in creating it. The tougher fuel economy standards recently put in place are a start but they’re not enough to either reduce demand for oil or create substantial reductions in greenhouse…
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Saturday Morning Links
New York made same-sex marriage legal last night. They’re the sixth state to take that step, and the largest so far. What are the rest of us waiting for? Take a rubber tree plant and hook it up to a…
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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…