Iceland
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Help Bjork Save Iceland’s Headlands
In conjunction with the Heart of Iceland organization, Bjork is calling for an eleven-day global protest against international efforts to build power lines that would facilitate a plan to transport energy from Iceland’s volcanos to England. Read more about the…
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Too Many Books?
Each holiday season, Icelandic readers enjoy the jólabókaflóð. This seemingly unpronounceable word is best translated as the Christmas Book Flood, a tradition of a rush of new books released in time for Christmas. Icelanders have been giving each other books…
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The Man Who Wrote About Goats
Ever wondered how the Icelandic goats in Games of Thrones almost went extinct? Justin Taylor did, and he explores the answer at Pacific Standard.
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The Rumpus Interview With Jon Hopkins
The Rumpus talks to Jon Hopkins about his new album, Asleep Versions, about songwriting, recording, and music, and about cooking dinner, sort of.
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The Rumpus Interview with Will Chancellor
Debut novelist Will Chancellor talks about successful satire, destroying drafts of A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall to get to the finished version, and the advantages of fiction over competing media.
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The Comedian Mayor: The Rumpus Interview with Jón Gnarr
Iceland’s most famous comedian ran for mayor of Reykjavic, and won…
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Winning Women
The Daily Beast published an interactive infographic, mapping out where “women are winning.” “Winning” is measured along the lines of justice, health, education, economy and power. Iceland is apparently full of female champions.
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Sunday Political Links
Hi all, I’ll be out the next few weeks to finish up school, but I’ll return in the New Year. In the meantime, Michael Berger will be taking over for me on Sundays. He’s a good guy, that Michael Berger.…