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1984 Performed by Sock Puppets

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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Click here to watch and read the story behind a video of George Orwell’s 1984 performed [...]


Who are America’s best voices?

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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Doors part with a hydraulic hiss. Steam billows. Behold! The emerging voices of the nation have [...]


Braverman lives up to her name

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

As a writer, there are a few tiers you may find yourself falling onto. Being a [...]


Brian Evenson

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Monday, November 9th, 2009

I wanted to take a minute to recommend Brian Evenson.  I’ve come to admire his writing [...]


Ending the era of the tweet

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Thursday, July 16th, 2009

…at least, for myself. I have no illusions about the narcissism-fueled ADD conglomo-giant that is Twitter [...]


The Paris Review spring 2009

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Monday, July 13th, 2009

The Paris Review‘s recent spring 2009 issue features an amazing fiction peice entitiled At the Zoo, [...]


She’s my favorite Canadian recluse

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Emily Dickinson. Robert Frost. Allen Ginsberg. These are famous poets (not an oxymoron, for better or [...]


Yeah dude, Gatsby 2: Gatsby In Jail

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Thursday, June 4th, 2009

So the other night– (I swear, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. Bear with.) [...]


Fun places to go be a cliché

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Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Okay, we’ve all seen them: there they sit, compressed into the very deepest and darkest corners [...]


Narrating

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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

When I read James Joyce’s “Araby” I did not delve into the depth or craft of [...]