February 2012
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Among the names on the Tucson school district...
See ‘em all here.
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If the Literary Scene was a High School Cafeteria →
fwriction:
No one told me this existed, but now I cannot stop reading it. Perfectly executed by A.K Mayhew over at Specter Literary Magazine.
I have a fairly vivid imagination, and ever since I “kind of” “entered” the literary scene less than a year ago—via reading literary blogs, following publishing news, joining Twitter and following literary peeps there, joining this here Specter staff,...
Literary Heirs →
fwriction:
At fwriction : review, we love scrappy journals. What a fantastic list (PANK! Electric Lit! Unstuck!) and shout-out in The New York Times!
Consider the literary magazine. Cloaked in pointy-headed obscurity, it almost always loses money. And now, with printed media on the endangered list, it may seem especially at risk to go extinct (or online-only). But these scrappy journals...
“To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the...”
– Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic (via fuckyeahcajuns)
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Eulogy for the cockroach I just sprayed with...
I am sorry, bug, for killing you. I hate to extinguish even a rudimentary consciousness. But one of us had to go, man.
I hope your end came with minimal suffering. I really hope the all-purpose cleaner with bleach didn’t cause like massive internal pain or something. And I hope the smashing part happened fast enough. I wish we could have come to some other, more diplomatic, solution.
But,...
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A list of things my fiancee has said while...
— “Dammit, Don! Can’t you see that bitch is crazy?”
— “Betty, you bitch! How dare you?”
— “I hate Duck.”
— “Ew, Peggy: not Duck.”
— “Dammit, Don! Don’t leave Pete in charge!”
— “Dammit, Don! Not the teacher!”
— “Dammit, Don’s making me cry.”
— “Oh, come on—they’re even bigger...
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frwiction : review - Year One — It's kind of... →
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In which a state representative in Mississippi...
Right here.
HOUSE BILL NO. 150
1 AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT FOR ALL OFFICIAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE 2 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE BODY OF WATER LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH OF
3 HANCOCK, HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE “GULF
4 OF AMERICA”; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
6 SECTION 1. For all official purposes...
nolanews:
Take a listen to Galactic’s update of...
“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn’t know why they choose him...”
– William Faulkner
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one wild and precious life: veritaserum15:... →
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wantthepharaohs:
Aww guys I just found out that genius Congressman John Fleming blocked me from posting on his facebook page. :’) I’m so honored!
I just read on Perez (I know, what a reliable source) that this Congressman just posted an Onion article on his page as…
I would here like to quickly note that Mr Fleming is a native of Meridian and alumnus of Ole Miss....
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Happy 200th, Mr Dickens.
“Why don’t you cry again, you little wretch?”
“Because I’ll never cry for you again,” said I. Which was, I suppose, as false a declaration as ever was made; for I was inwardly crying for her then, and I know what I know of the pain she cost me afterwards.
We went on our way up-stairs after this episode; and, as we were going up, we met a gentleman groping...
“To begin the class, I handed out a copy of the New York Times obituary, written...”
– In Issue Six of Specter Magazine, “Angles of Response to Your Angles, or Brief Reflections on Tennis, Sharks, and the Loss of David Foster Wallace” by Danny Goodman
(via spectercollective)
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Pictured below: M.I.A. places missiles in Cuba,...
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The Parents(‘?) Television Council uses some incredible language to describe M.I.A.’s one-second bird-shooting during last night’s pretty freaking awesome Super Bowl halftime show. Like, if this press release was about the Cuban Missile Crisis, it’d still be too dramatic.
“NBC fumbled and the NFL lied because a performer known as M.I.A. felt it necessary to flip...
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“Me, it is my fortune and misfortune to know how the spirit-presence of a strange...”
– Walker Percy, The Moviegoer (via binxbolling)
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“Yeah, which is a really good thing to think as a human. Because we all have a...”
– Steve Gleason, suffering from ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, in response to Peter King’s question “How you thought to yourself, how long do I have to live?” (via apoplecticskeptic)
Is there some focus group that says men doing...
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Coming Home: This eccentric, sassy lady died last... →
elisa-munoz:
This eccentric, sassy lady died last week. She was a regular market shopper who came, without fail, for iced coffee, produce and community. She was a torch singer in the French Quarter in past days. She was never, ever without her red lipstick.
From this NPR story* on her Batture…
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Pre-March Madness: Larry Eustachy Edition
I’m not a huge basketball fan. But in Hattiesburg the most irrelevant sport on campus is finally, finally, making some noise.
Eustachy’s fall was quick and hard and embarrassing, but he handled it as well as anybody could. He went from being the Associated Press National Coach of the Year at a Big 12 school to a fired and admitted alcoholic who lost his marriage and found himself...
All that said re Franzen, now I'm quite grumpy...
And well here's the thing: I'm moody and...
While I do see his points—I might enjoy the New Yorker on my iPad, but I read my novels on paper—I sometimes think my particular brand of moody isn’t necessarily compatible with his.
Also, writers are jealous and competitive, and he’s probably the big dog right now.
Although to be fair, I have an internet connection...
And cats are psychopaths. I love them for it.
sweater-weather asked: Franzen may be a jerk and all, but I like him anyway.
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The Specter Collective: Trying to Optimistic about... →
spectercollective:
Ever since I got my ass on the internet and began reading contemporary, alternative writing, I have had an idea for a reading through college or Specter post that I have not yet felt inspired to write. After reading Rebecca Haze’s very well-crafted article on Marie Calloway’s “Adrien…
The writer's imagination applied to everyday life...
Writer Friend: the mucous. it is. everywhere.
Writer Me: ew. that was an unpleasant image. the walls and the floors of the apartment covered in mucus. dripping mucus like melting icicles from the doorframes.
Writer Friend: my brain is buoy on a green, filmy sea.