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Getting to Know Thurston Moore, Poet
“It was Moore’s, and Moore’s alone, unique dichotomy of rock star demagogue and unbridled fan of poetry that made his class worth the audit. Scansion, simile, synecdoche―such elements of praxis are lost on Thurston Moore, as they would any experimental…
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Thanks, The Atlantic
In discussing Kurt Vonnegut’s theory that you’re only allowed to be in love three times in a life, The Atlantic cites and praises our recent interview with Nanette Vonnegut, the late author’s daughter. We love you back!
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New T. S. Eliot Papers To Be Revealed
If you enjoyed reading about T. S. Eliot’s first wife, Vivienne, in Rumpus interviewee Kate Zambreno’s book Heroines, you might be interested to know that Eliot’s second wife, Valerie, recently passed away at the age of 86. What does that…
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New Readers Report Theme: “Storm Stories”
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for another “Rumpus Readers Report.” This time we want you to tackle the theme “Storm Stories.” While that’s a nod to Sandy, any and all storm stories…
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FUNNY WOMEN #91: Shower Gifts for the Traditional Bride
What to do to when faced with the task of buying a shower gift for the bride of a “traditional marriage”?
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An American In Jerusalem
Slate‘s Dahlia Lithwick took a year off to live with her family in Israel and work on a book about the US Supreme Court. Then the current conflict started. She writes about her experience in a piece titled “I Didn’t…
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Literary Vending Machine
In Toronto, The Monkey’s Paw, like many used-book stores, was unsure what to do with that cart of discounted books that nobody seemed to want. So proprietor Stephen Fowler came up with the “Biblio-Mat,” a retro contraption where customers insert…
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When Fiction becomes Life
Mark O’Connell tells a fascinating story in The Millions about his encounter with a recently released murderer, Malcolm MacArthur. O’Connell grew up hearing and reading stories about MacArthur murders, but his favorite is a fictional novel, The Book of Evidence, whose…
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Happy Baby in Los Angeles
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “HAPPY BABY IN LOS ANGELES” A Kickstarter party for Happy Baby, the first feature film from The Rumpus! December 7th, 7pm at Fix Coffee, 2100 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026. Doors at 7pm. Show at 7:30pm.…
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Go Domingo Martinez!
Last week was the National Book Foundation Awards Ceremony. At The Millions, Bill Morris narrates the event and cheers on underdog Domingo Martinez, author of the memoir The Boy Kings of Texas who lost in the non-fiction category to Kathrine…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Sometimes you need to take a step back, breathe, and appreciate how awesome the Kepler Telescope has been. Other times you just want to look at Mexican b-movie posters. We here at Morning Coffee endorse any and all book vending…
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Chased By Bees – m4w – 45
Every Sunday, James the Stanton of Gnartoons posts an episode of Missed Connection Comix at San Francisco blog Uptown Almanac. The strip takes missed connection posts from Craigslist—the guy who fancied a girl at his CPR class, the woman looking…