February 2012
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Hey look: Sam Kieth has a blog. →
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turns out...we joined Twitter →
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Our first guest = Kyle Minor | souwester.org →
Sou’wester’s got a fancy new website. They’re doing an excellent behind the scenes, come-as-you-are party in which past contributors submit a photograph and talk about what’s on their desks, in their minds and on deck with their writing, reading, and more. It’s an exciting program, I think. First up: the hardest working writer around: Kyle Minor.
The new tumblr dashboard topbar looks too… cute? AOL-y? ??
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HOBART 13 bonus: Amelia Gray & Jac Jemc →
Re-Tumbling because… Amelia’s THREATS is out today!!
Jac Jemc: I know you won the FC2 contest, but any other contest wins? Like a radio call-in contest or funny dance contest on spring break?
Amelia Gray: A couple summers ago I won a raffle at a summer movie series and I won $100 in grocery money! I blew it all on wine and candy. I always enter those feedback contests on receipts...
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Who should I be following for Oscar night?
Also, if you’re a hater: suck it.
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“Don’t you think that once you have settled into your project, whether it’s very...”
– The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Stephanie Vaughn - The Rumpus.net
(while we’re at it, we should note that basically every answer Vaughn gives is perfect and wonderful and pull-quote-worthy)
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview →
We haven’t been keeping up to date, but a couple of years ago, the New Yorker fiction podcast was something we looked forward to every month. Richard Ford reading Cheever’s “Reunion” was my introduction to the story, and I’ve listened to it at least a half a dozen times since. Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’ “Adams” is another incredibly...
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I feel like we need a new Tumblr theme. Any suggestions or recommendations? Anything bourbon or buffalo-related, maybe? Antlers?!
"To Endlessly Scratch at Those Surfaces": An... →
Great interview over at The Collagist, and a little love thrown Novy’s way.
7. What great books have you been reading recently? Are there any upcoming releases you’re excited about?
Books that stuck with me hard this past year are Rikki Ducornet’s Netsuke, China Miéville’s Embassytown, Ursula LeGuin’s The Lathe of Heaven (old but still amazing), and the first half of Adam Novy’s The...
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Oh shit. I pissed myself on a plane and wrote... →
upcoming SF/LD author, Jess Stoner!
My swollen, ripe bladder pushed muffinly against the waist of my skirt.
And I thought: I’ll just pee a little bit. No one will know. It’ll relieve the pressure and—I shifted uncomfortably and promised myself I would prove false the long-proven fact that you cannot just pee a little bit.
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