sxsw
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Cool Ways to Leave the White House
He might not be ending US intervention in the Middle East, but he’s organizing a music festival at the White House: President Obama is impressing many with his decision to work with the organizers of SXSW to put together a similar event…
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Jad Fair
If you’re doing what makes you happy, it’s easier for you to be happy, and if you’re lucky, to make others happy too.
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The Rumpus Wants to Talk Film Festivals
The Rumpus is working on an article about film festivals! We’d love to talk to directors whose movies played any of these (or similar) festivals: SXSW, Chicago Film Festival, San Francisco Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festival. Please contact us…
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Cool SXSW Panel Needs Votes
Three of our favorite publications—the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Toast, and the New Inquiry—are joining forces to create a SXSW panel. Titled “Rebooting Cultural Criticism on the Web,” the panel hopes to address questions like: “How do we make literary…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“When is it okay to write about heartbreak?” (via) “Edward Gorey” covers the classics. (via) At Jacket Copy, all things publishing-oriented at SXSW. The British love words so much they had a festival! Margaret Atwood is going to sing in…
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SXSW and Monofonus
The South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals begin this Friday, 3/12, in Austin, Texas, and continue through 3/21. If you happen to be attending the festival, be sure to make it out to some of the presentations by Monofonus, the…
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The Rumpus Interview with Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham is a 22-year-old filmmaker born and raised in Manhattan under the wing of parents who are both artists and who support her endeavors like they are their own (Dunhan his currently co-writing a screenplay with her mother).
