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On The Novels Of Politicians
Roll Call has a list of novels written by members of Congress, and the excerpts they present are, as one might expect, not amazing. Here’s an excerpt from Hawaii Governor and former Congressman Neal Abercrombie’s The Blood of Patriots (via):…
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Kids’ Books as Adult Personality Predictors
If you liked Little Women as a kid: “Family may be the most important thing to you, but that wouldn’t stop you from stealing your sister’s ex boyfriend.” —Flavorwire’s write-up on some favorite children’s books and what your favorite says…
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National Poetry Month Day 10: “Universal Translator” by Amy Letter
Universal Translator Universal Translator from Amy Letter on Vimeo. Science fiction stories set in an alien-rich future like to show the universe’s different species communicating seamlessly by means of (what in the Star Trek universe is called) a “Universal Translator.”
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Poetic Lives Online
I hope you’ve been following along with our National Poetry Month project. For links to the poems we’ve already run as well as the poets to come, you can follow this post, which is updated every morning with a link…
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Science Saturday
I don’t usually post book reviews in this column, but hey, this seems relevant (and a way to test out the NY Times pay-wall workaround). How evolution explains altruism. The results of this study on real-time feedback affecting voter perceptions…
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Saturday Morning Links
Here’s my NY Times pay-wall workaround. After I’ve used up my 20 free articles, I find a headline I of an article I want to read, right click on the link and copy it, tweet it, and then click the…
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National Poetry Month Day 9: “Letter to the Winding-Sheet” by Camille Rankine
Letter to the Winding-Sheet After the snowfall, snowfall jewels my hair, my church shoes muddy the bedspread. Crazy, you called me, not much of a lady.
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Where I Write #5: Please Continue the Story
I am looking at the things on my Ikea desk surrounding my 2007 Dell Computer that I am typing on. What I see from left to right: Jan/Feb issue of Poets And Writer’s Magazine. The inspiration issue. Smith Corona electric…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Did we find a totally new force of nature the other day? Maybe! Sewing machine orchestras are things that happen. Here are some nice pictures of black box recorders. Yep. Old illustrations of Mexican gardens. OMG, blood computer!
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National Poetry Month Day 8: “I Am Six” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Lucky Fish was the Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection for December 2010. You can read Camille Dungy’s essay on why she chose Lucky Fish here, and you can read the Poetry Book Club’s chat with her here I…
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Near and Far
We have now featured five “Rumpus Readers Report” collections (“Family/Holidays,” “Neighborhood,” “Impossible Love,” “Wants/Needs,” and “The Gift“), but let’s be honest, five is not nearly enough. We’re hungry for more of your writing, and this time we want you to…