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Have Pen, Will Art-Blog
Well this is just excellent: over at The Nation, artist Steve Brodner live-blogged the Republican National Convention—through illustrations. A sneak preview of what you’ll find, after the jump:
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The Writerly Appetite
Did you know Jean-Paul Sartre was obsessed with halva? Or that Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf could have indulged a carb overload with one of their homemade loaves of bread? Over at The Hairpin, Jane Hu puts together a glossary…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today I’m pretty hypnotized by this US wind map. Long story short, it’s pretty easy to manipulate people into doing the right thing. The Lowline is (still) coming. Illustrating Aesop through the ages. And a bit of inspiration: what’s it…
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“I owed worse than money”
Chris Colin recounts the saga of an unpaid Craigslist I.O.U., which becomes an obsession that forces him to confront his own non-monetary debts. “I didn’t care about the money. I cared about the abuse of this rare bit of fellowship.…
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First Read: Chabon’s ‘Telegraph Avenue’
NPR gives us an exclusive first read of Michael Chabon’s new novel Telegraph Avenue. Here’s the first paragraph: “Hello?” Gwen called, letting herself in the front door. A small black Buddha greeted her from a low table by the front…
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China Miéville: the future of the novel
Last week, in the keynote speech at the 2012 Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference, China Miéville spoke about the novel’s many possible futures in cultural, political and digital terms – and concluded with a demand for state-supported salaries for writers: “So…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Of course you would like to read Zizek’s thoughts on The Dark Knight Rises (via Saramago and the French Terror). It’s been a while since we’ve linked to anything World’s Fair related. Here are some Soviet-era board games. Here are…
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What Did You Want To Accomplish When You Grew Up?
The Awl‘s “What Did You Want To Accomplish When You Grew Up?” series just posted its first article where they asked a large swath of writerly tech- and science-minded people, “When you were young, what did you want to invent,…
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Thanks, Feministing!
Inspired by Roxane Gay’s essay “The Illusion of Safety/The Safety of Illusion,” the Feministing community discusses triggers and trigger warnings during their weekly weigh-in. We love you back!
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Ward Off Your Enemies With Shakespearean Verve
Jazz musician Pete Levin has provided a quick and easy way to verbally shatter any foe with Ye Olde Official Shakespearean Insult Kit. Users are given four fields – an introductory phrase field and three adjective fields – with which…
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NYR’S Apocalpyse Now
Malise Ruthven of the New York Review of Books blog ruminates on the history of apocalyptic rhetoric in literature, art, and politics from the Enlightenment to now. Ruthven focuses on the paradox of apocalyptic thinking where “prophets who predict the…
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The Unified Field
The new Fleet Foxes backed arts and lit magazine, The Unified Field, launches on September 18th and proceeds go to 826 National. The new lit mag will come with an 10″ vinyl pressing of unreleased, raw tracks from the likes of…