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Inspirational Illustrations
On Zen Pencil, illustrator Gavin Aung Than takes inspirational quotes from the likes of Mark Twain, Henry Rollins, and Bill Hicks and adapts them into cartoons. His latest cartoon uses a Bill Watterson quote to show his transition from the…
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Edwidge Danticat’s Haitian Reality
This month, Edwidge Danticat released her latest novel called Claire of the Sea Light. Set in a seaside Haitian town, one major topic she explores is the effects of environmental disasters on fishing villages. In this interview, Edwidge tells The…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
BibliOdyssey is back! And they’ve brought us map monsters! Maybe we all come from Mars. Maybe a lot of things. If I had my way I’d spent my life visiting animal-shaped buildings. Amazing snowmobiles! The internet explained by prisoners who…
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Rumpus Internships
The Rumpus is looking to fill internship positions! Primary responsibilities include contributing blog posts, copy editing, transcribing interviews, and folding letters. We’re seeking applicants who are able to commit to us at least once a week; however, we are quite flexible and…
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Oops, I’m Sorry
Thank you all for coming here today. It is with a heavy heart that I admit to my colleagues, to my constituents, and to the public, that I did indeed do that thing I was accused of doing. Boy did…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Jessica Anthony
The next Letter in the Mail is from none other than Jessica Anthony! Jessica’s debut novel, The Convalescent, received praise from The San Francisco Chronicle, Publisher’s Weekly, and among others. In 2009, McSweeney’s honored her with the Amanda Davis Highwire…
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Literally Not So Literal
Remember the other day at the movies when you overheard a conversation between two teenagers? The one where you figuratively shot daggers at them with your stare when they used the word literally incorrectly just one too many times? No? Well, in…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is really exciting how much we have been learning about giant squids these days. Hey, did you forget about the earthquake in Christchurch NZ? Cause they sure haven’t. It is always a good time for Soviet space propaganda. (Some…
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Lady Gaga’s Surprisingly Literary New Music Video
Life’s most fundamental question echoes boundlessly: What to do with that degree in the humanities?! One option is to become a pop superstar and make a music video saturated with references to Greek myth, German expressionist film, and modern art…
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What to Read When There’s No More Breaking Bad
With the series finale of Breaking Bad drawing ever closer, we’re looking for new ways to get our drug-story fix. That’s why we were as excited as Aaron Paul on The Price Is Right to see Lauren Eggert-Crowe’s “Breaking Bad (and Beyond) Reading List”…
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Hollywood Pilgrims
The landscape stood out, but I also had an uneasy sense of déjà vu, as if the image had already been imprinted in my memory. I knew that the valley was the setting for John Ford’s 1939 western Stagecoach, the…
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The Sonic Wonder of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, the massive civil rights protest at which Martin Luther King, Jr., famously delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. That speech’s stirring vision of political and social equality for blacks…