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The H.D. Book: A Clarion Call for all Artists and Writers
In school I took a class on female poets and was instantly taken with the poetry of H.D., especially her later work Trilogy, a savage and mythic poem about rediscovering meaning in the ruins of war. One of the founding…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Feeling kind of arty today. Pollution as installation art. Sam Shaw’s Intimate Icons. San Rocco is a magazine about architecture. This week in botanical sculptures. These pictures of subway cars being dumped into the Atlantic are the best thing I’ve…
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A Super Bowl Preview for People Who Don’t Know Football
Once a year, an awful lot of people are forced to pretend to care about football.
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Alaa al Aswany and the Egyptian Uprising
“Aswany has participated in the protests with a passion. He will will write a book about the events still unfolding here: ‘It has been a unique experience not to read about history but to live inside history,’ he told The…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Are you at AWP? Here are some helpful tips. (Psst! Rumor has it the Rumpus is at table I18. Come say hi!) “Invasion of the crazy incestuous ants[!]” “Musical subway map.” (Not to be mistaken with “Subway Map: The Musical.”)…
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San Francisco’s History Wiki
“FoundSF is a wiki that invites history buffs, community leaders, and San Francisco citizens of all kinds to share their unique stories, images, and videos from past and present. There are over 1,800 articles here presenting primary sources, essays, and…
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Zizek on Egypt and Tunisia
“The inevitable conclusion to be drawn is that the rise of radical Islamism was always the other side of the disappearance of the secular left in Muslim countries. “When Afghanistan is portrayed as the utmost Islamic fundamentalist country, who still…
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The Latest from Egypt
Pro-government supporters are fighting back against demonstrators, and are armed, according to Nick Kristof, with machetes, straight-razors and clubs. Andrew Sullivan looks like he’s turned The Daily Dish over to Egypt roundups all day. If you can’t get Al Jazeerah…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is a good day to think about Viking navigation (confession: it is ALWAYS a good day to think about Viking navigation). The wonderful world of generic record sleeves. (via AJAMS.) On frog teeth and re-evolution. Mid-century travel posters are…
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The Rumpus Interview with W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell wants stand-up comedy to be seen as an art form enjoyed by hip, educated people. He’s on a mission to raise the IQ and literacy of comedy audiences
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Rimbaud And Wojnarowicz
“The two men shared a romance with violence and danger. Rimbaud was shot in the wrist by his lover, Paul Verlaine, as he tried to break off their affair. Wojnarowicz was shot at by a drag queen who mistook his…
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Egyptian Morning
How Not to Say Stupid Stuff about Egypt. Emily Hauser writes with great feeling and depth about why, as an Israeli, she’s invested in the Egyptian revolution. Al Jazeera provides a timeline of events so far. Some details on the…