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Tournament of Books X Begins!
Get ready for the Morning News’s tenth annual Tournament of Books, a “March Madness–style battle royale” to determine which work of fiction will reign supreme (though the site is careful to note that the competition “is not an attempt to…
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The Golden Gate Bridge = The George Washington Bridge?
Want to leave NYC but fear too much about abandoning your beloved Red Hook/Boreum Hill/Washington Heights/Harlem/Upper West Side…? Check out The Morning News’s list of counterpart neighborhoods throughout the US and abroad. Rumpus pal Alexander Chee recommends Portland, Maine’s Vinalhaven…
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And the Winner Is…
After a month of victories and losses and thrilling deliberation, the Morning News‘s Tournament of Books has chosen a champion: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson! The harrowing, North Korea–set epic beat out The Fault in Our Stars by John Green in…
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Jason Novak’s Lowdown on North Korea
At The Morning News, check out head Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak and Mike Duncan’s “She Nukes Me, She Nukes Me Not” ironically comical visual guide to the history of the US relationship with North Korea. It’s definitely worth the read,…
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The Art of Obsession
At The Morning News, Rumpus contributor Sue Sanders has written about her marriage to an Alger Hiss advocate and researcher, and what kind of effect a person’s passion has upon a relationship. Jeff and I married in 2005. During our…
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Juicing With Arthur Miller
“Drugs won’t do the writing for you, but steroids can take a monologue that would have gone to the warning track and knock it out of the park.” Apparently steroids are not just reserved for the athletic. At The Morning…
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TMN 2013 Tournament of Books!
The Morning News just announced its 2013 list for the tournament of books! And as they say, “the granddaddy of highbrow bracketology is back!” The list of 16 books will compete against each other come March, and a roster of…
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Little House in the Big Woods
If figurines were awarded for completing twentysomething life-experience clichés, I have been angling for the entire set: the search for myself in central European beer halls; the move west to try growing up with the country; graduate school in New…
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The Saints Stink
Miranda Popkey of The Morning News on why American football is so attractive and quickly becoming the country’s most watched sport for the wrong reasons. Popkey investigates the realities behind the popular and easy narratives applied to the sport and…
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“Songs in the Key of Death”
At The Morning News, Nicole Pasulka writes about new-age musician David Young, who markets his music to the funeral industry and fills the silence for the modern mourner. “Young is the theme song to your grandmother’s memorial, the pop radio…
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Talking with Arthur Phillips
The Morning News’ Robert Birnbaum continues his decade-long conversation with author Arthur Phillips. They talk about avoiding predictability, the sounds of publishers whining, Phillips’ latest writing and of course, beagles and kids.