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Beware the dying metaphor
We can only go so far as our imaginations will take us. Especially when it comes to innovations — even in science-minded fields like flight and computers. At The Millions, Rob Goodman muses on the power of metaphor to slow…
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The Origin of Luddites
Many of us may have felt like a Luddite sometime or another. Maybe you almost smashed your first smartphone after fumbling with it for hours. Or if you’re old school, maybe you refuse to buy a computer because your typewriter…
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Rapping and Scratching 101
We think you’ll share our excitement over this recently digitized 1985 video of a young LL Cool J teaching a small audience in a Maine gymnasium about the magic of rapping, scratching, and the human beatbox. You’re welcome.
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A Library for the Unpublished
Have a piece you’ve been trying for years to get published, but it continues to get rejected? If it’s potential readers you’re looking for and not money, there’s always the Brautigan Library. The Brautigan library is where unpublished books go…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Fare thee well gentle guinea worm. Important space news: supernova remnants are rad. Behold the Thomas Friedman Op-Ed Generator. WTF Evolution is your Tumblr of the day. And now let us geometrically chart human consciousness (in the 19th century).
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Some Things To Remember While You’re Writing
“There is no shame in writing slow. Your writing takes as long to develop as it takes. Writing is not a race.” Click through to read this and other gentle reminders about writing from Roxane Gay. You’ll feel better about…
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Modern Farmer: call for submissions
Think Old MacDonald needs a redesign? Modern Farmer is a print quarterly and website devoted to the people, policy, animals, plants, and technology around farming and food. And they want you and your thoughts—whether they be about farming rurally or…
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Flood the Art Market: Hurricane Sandy Benefit Party
Hey, New Yorkers! Tonight, January 28, from 5:00 to 9:30pm, the Cristin Tierney Gallery is having an art party/silent auction to benefit artists affected by Hurricane Sandy. Over 100 pieces of art have been donated to help the cause. So…
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Vive Le Hashtag!
The French Commission Générale de Terminologie et de Néologisme has spoken: from now on, France’s government will not use the word “hashtag.” Instead, official government documents will substitute in the term “mot-dièse” (“sharp word”), so called because the hash mark…
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Notable San Francisco 1/28-2/1
This week in San Francisco, rejoice, for many staples of the literary city have returned for their first shows of 2013 Monday 1/28: Lit Slam,the monthly, live performance-based poetry anthology showcasing the best art at “the intersection of page and stage,”…
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Nick Cave Monday #20: “Henry Lee”
Today we learn a valuable lesson. If you have a girlfriend, but you are in love with another girl and you tell your girlfriend that this other girl is way hotter than she is, do not stick around when she…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Need to catch up on Rumpus features from this weekend? We’ve got you covered. “I evaded capture and the result became six month’s worth of daily mail: false reports, found objects, collages, poetic rants and obscenity-laden letters that I mailed…