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A Different Kind of Travel Writing
For a website about money and personal finances, The Billfold publishes some really heartfelt stories. This one, by Sarah Todd, is about the “just been slimed in my heart” feeling of realizing your passport has expired the day before you…
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Notable San Francisco 1/21-1/26
This week in San Francisco! Monday 1/21: Happy Martin Luther King Day. 2013 is the 50th anniversary of I Have A Dream. Tuesday 1/22: Pushcart Prize winner Susan Steinberg reads from her short story collections Hydroplane and The End of…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Look at all this cool stuff we posted on the Rumpus this weekend! Just look at it! “Near the end of my time at my job, my manager would say: The work you do, when you do it, is excellent.”…
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Better Books, Better Brains
If you’ve ever felt like reading good literature gives you more comfort and insight than any self-help book ever could, you’re probably onto something. Scientists at the University of Liverpool recently conducted a study indicating that the brain “lights up”…
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One Author’s battle against the “Sexy” Sci-Fi Cover
Over the years, the “sexy-heroine” has become the standard model for sci-fi and fantasy book covers—but why? Is there something about big breasted women wielding guns and striking contorted poses that inherently causes sci-fi and fantasy audiences to buy more…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… No, seriously, where’s the leopard? You may be able to see Jupiter and Saturn this month. Happy 71st birthday, Muhammed Ali! Is this squid the real Loch Ness Monster?
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LETTERS TO EACH OTHER III
If you’re participating in Letters to Each Other, make sure you get your letter sent off today! Click here for more on how to partake in the program.
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Russifying the Rumpus
Aaron Gilbreath’s essay on smoking was recently translated into Russian by InsoSmI.ru, an organization in Russia that translates news, blogs, and essays from English into Russian. We think it’s pretty awesome that thanks to InsoSml.ru, our friends in Russia can…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… Check out this living fossil, the Coelacanth. Tell your Java to watch out! A blobfish? Is that a squirrel? No! It’s a penguin.
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Is PTSD Contagious?
At Mother Jones, Mac McClelland reports on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans and their families. “Medical journals note some family members of vets exhibit symptoms ‘almost identical to PTSD.’ Except the ‘T’ is their loved one’s behavior.” (You can read our…
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Thanks, USA Today!
Yesterday, we mentioned McDonald’s plan to pair books with Happy Meals in the UK. USA Today likes the idea, too!