California
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The Rumpus Interview with Jim Gavin
Jim Gavin is a talented writer who allows his stories the room they need to be told. These are stories that are intelligent and quiet and moving, stories that take up time and space in satisfying ways.
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California Voting Guides
If you live in California, haven’t voted yet, and are still questioning those poorly-worded propositions, don’t fret: KQED has got your back. Compiled by KQED News and The California Report, the NPR affiliate presents voters with an immensely easy-to-understand ballot…
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What Is a Jagger?
The homes that line the blocks and house Castroville’s just-over-five-thousand-inhabitants cluster together like a raft that floats upon a green sea of artichokes.
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The Man Who Guarded the Bomb
Gregory Orfalea’s collection of linked stories demonstrates that conventions are there for a reason—and it’s often harder to follow the rules than to break them.
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The Rumpus Review of Littlerock
If films were fighters, Mike Ott’s second offering, Littlerock, would weigh in at 123 minutes, placing it in the featherweight division, a deft, gentle movie, lithe and light during its two hours in the ring. Not to suggest that it’s diminutive —…
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Morning Coffee
Some fun news for you this President’s Day: 38 percent of the world’s surface is in danger of desertification! The entire coast of California in aerial photographs. I am only linking to this because it contains my favorite word. Wayne…
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If We Try, We Can All Push California Into The Ocean
I have a terrible admission to make. I used to work for a bunch of politicians. And not only that. Part of me enjoyed it. I didn’t enjoy the way my various state, federal and local bosses would fly off…
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Writing, Joni Mitchell, LA and Other Things
Your poem sounds like a Joni Mitchell song I’ve never heard before.
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The Pinup Promised-Land
Still warm in her grave, Bettie Page’s mid-century pinup appeal is unlikely to cool off anytime soon. Artist Lauren Bergman puts pinups like Bettie on a pedestal,