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A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column: #12 Running Backs in Love
Last week, D.H. Lawrence wasn’t mentioned by name in any sports sections, and no professional athletes cited The Rainbow in their postgame interviews. But there were intriguing baseball- and football-related stories about the line between violence and love, anger and…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Greetings, world. Blogging will be light today. Your humble Sunday editor is in Monterey celebrating the life of a friend who recently passed. But to keep you with stuff to look at until tomorrow, here’s a brief roundup of some…
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Britain’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has commissioned some war poetry for today as the Afghan war rages and the official inquiry into the Iraq War begins. Joel Brouwer commemorates the 25th anniversary of the “What Is a Poet?” symposium…
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Did You Miss?
Lots of great reading on The Rumpus over the last couple of weeks. Here’s some links in case you missed them. Kelly did a fascinating rundown on the stripper memoir. Maddie Oatman interviewed members of Midwest Dilemma. Joe Cervelin considered…
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Oddest Video Game Ever?
I’ll never be mistaken for a legitimate gamer–I couldn’t figure out Defender when I was in my teenaged gaming prime, and I own the Iron Chef America game for the Wii–but I have to say that an Ulak-Tartysh video game…
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Charles Blow on Skip Gates
If I had to guess, based on the reaction I saw and read over the last day and a half, I’d say roughly 0% of the white male pundits bloviating on the arrest of Skip Gates and the President’s subsequent…
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Really, Really Old Beer
One of the highlights of my time living in San Francisco was the 9 months I worked part time at Anchor Brewing. I learned more about beer in those nine months than in all the time previous and since, and…
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Saturday Morning Links
Let’s say you were the kind of person who thinks the Bible could use a little livening up, a little updating–you’d probably find Overthinking It’s post on fusing the KJV with the Nintendo Universe right up your alley. If you’re…
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What’s New with Rick Moody
Identitytheory.com has posted an interview with Rumpus music guru and all-around literary genius Rick Moody. The Q&A, conducted by Meg White (no, not THAT Meg White), delves into the vortex of newness swirling about Moody—the new father (congrats, Rick!) has…
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Morning Coffee
Carnivorous Mexican squids, mysteriously leaving their home waters, have been attacking divers off the coast of San Diego. There is a parable here but I’m having trouble finding it. Have you seen Todd Rundgren’s website? Why not? (requires flash, and…