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Notable Portland: 9/20–9/26

  • Olivia Olivia
  • September 20, 2018
Literary events in and around Portland this week!
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Notable Los Angeles: 9/17–9/23

  • Xach Fromson
  • September 17, 2018
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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We Have to Trust Our Punch: A Conversation with Kevin Young

  • Ryan Krull
  • January 5, 2018
Kevin Young discusses Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News, America's relationship to hoaxes, and what we can learn from that relationship.
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It Was a Joke

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • August 24, 2016
In an essay on author authenticity for The Millions, Alcy Levy examines Percival Everett’s satirical novel Erasure—about a black author whose own satirical novel is taken seriously—in light of recent literary identity…
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The Rumpus Interview with Brian Shawver

  • Ben Pfeiffer
  • August 17, 2015
Author Brian Shawver talks about his new book, Danger on the Page, his novel Aftermath, MFA programs, and why it’s a good thing that writing never stops being hard work.
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The Rumpus Interview with Daniel Torday

  • James Scott
  • July 1, 2015
Dan Torday talks about his novel, The Last Flight of Poxl West, the role of fear in fiction, the fabrication of facts in a memoir, and about being “constitutionally unoffendable.”
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The Rumpus Interview with George Hodgman

  • Danielle Trussoni
  • May 13, 2015
Editor and author George Hodgman talks about his new memoir, Bettyville, what makes for a good memoir, and returning to his hometown of Paris, Missouri from New York to take care of his aging mother.
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Despite Scandals, Facts Still Unchecked

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 8, 2014
The publishing world has been rocked by numerous high-profile scandals in recent years. James Frey’s memoir turned out to be more of a novel, for instance. Yet despite these mistakes,…
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Reading in the New Year

  • Andrew Altschul
  • January 1, 2011
Welcome to 2011! What do we call this decade, anyway? Who will win the Super Bowl? What will become of health care reform? How many New York City snowplows does…
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Wordplay with Frey Fray

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • November 17, 2010
While it’s obviously a good read about an interesting and timely subject, it’d be a lie to say we aren’t linking to this piece partly because of its clever title:…
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Notable New York, This Week 10/11 – 10/17

  • Caitlin Colford
  • October 11, 2010
This week in New York David Grossman translates with Paul Auster, Justin Taylor and Eva Tamladge exhibit tattoos for the literary inclined, Tao Lin reads, Guernica celebrates, Bill Bryson is…
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Notable New York, This Week 10/26 – 11/1

  • Rozalia Jovanovic
  • October 26, 2009
In New York this week, James Frey and Maira Kalman at the CLMP Spelling Bee, members of The National collaborate with visual artist Matthew Ritchie in The Long Count at…
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