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brackets of brackets
like many americans, i’m watching an obscene amount of basketball this week. like most americans, i’m a little overwhelmed by the proliferation of “bracket” culture. even the number of brackets...
View Articlepoems of the people
I heard that you ask’d for something to prove this puzzle the New World, And to define America, her athletic Democracy, Therefore I send you my poems that you behold in them what you wanted. – walt...
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fucking writer’s block
i get writer’s block sometimes. i fucking hate writers that say, “i don’t believe in writer’s block.” they are assholes. and i don’t mean that in a i’m a jealous/frustrated/hack writer kinda way....
View Articlethe pizza underground
if you needed more proof than truth is stranger than fiction (or that child stars love pizza), look no further than the pizza underground. what is “the pizza underground“? well, obviously, it’s...
View ArticleImplausible Polymaths in the Era of Multitasking
As I write this, my stereo is playing Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan en concert à Paris (somewhat softly) from the other side of the room. This is probably a terrible idea. Judgments about my taste in music...
View ArticleAWP Checklist: Reading, Drinking, Solving the World’s Problems
The colossus known as the AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair descends on the Twin Cities this year. I hope to see you there. I hope you hang with as many of the local lit orgs there as you can, for...
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TV on the Radio on My Mind
I don’t remember going to a TV on the Radio show August 7, 2009 at the Double Door. I don’t remember joining my closest friends at one my most favorite & intimate venues for music in the city. I...
View ArticleThis is Your Daily Dose of Content
Every time I hear the word “content” I puke a little bit in my mouth. As someone with a day job in marketing for an organization with 250+ staff members, you can probably imagine that I’m barfing on...
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How to Be Punk in 2015
Whatever you may think about punk—music, culture, aesthetic, attitude—can we at least agree, as a starting point, that the “Vans Warped Tour ‘15: Presented by Journeys” (that’s right, they squeezed two...
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