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Stop Watching TV & Read a Fucking Book: Lit Pairings for Your Favorite Shows
Stop Watching TV & Read a Fucking Book: Lit Pairings for Your Favorite Shows
By Alex Trivilino
March 20, 2014

Television is atrophying your brain. Stop it with a good book or 10.

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Digital Graffiti: Making Art on Twitter
Digital Graffiti: Making Art on Twitter
By Justin Glawe
March 20, 2014

Jonny Fox uses the microblogging platform to inject art into the babel of social media.

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No, Seriously: MFA or NYC?
No, Seriously: MFA or NYC?
By Peter Madsen
March 19, 2014

With one book published and another incubating, a writer considers the options offered up in n+1’s most recent collection of essays.

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Wearing Your Fiction on Your Sleeve
Wearing Your Fiction on Your Sleeve
By Freddie Moore
March 19, 2014

Simon Jacobs, editor of Safety Pin Review, discusses his D.I.Y. literary magazine and Saturn, his new collection of stories about David Bowie.

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It's 2014 & There's Still a Blacksmith Working in Central Park
It's 2014 & There's Still a Blacksmith Working in Central Park
By Robert Tutton
March 18, 2014

Blacksmith Larry Hagberg brings a lifetime of experience to a centuries-old craft at a workshop hidden in Central Park.

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Black Balloon Publishing’s Favorite Independent Bookstores in New York City
Black Balloon Publishing’s Favorite Independent Bookstores in New York City
By Black Balloon Publishing
March 18, 2014

From Brooklyn to Manhattan, 10 of our staff’s favorite places to buy books.

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A Brief History of Pop Culture References to William Butler Yeats
A Brief History of Pop Culture References to William Butler Yeats
By Freddie Moore
March 17, 2014

Happy St. Patty’s Day from the late great Irish poet.

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What Does an Actual Irish Person Living in America Think of St. Patrick’s Day?
What Does an Actual Irish Person Living in America Think of St. Patrick’s Day?
By Patrick Kilkelly
March 17, 2014

Talking day-drinking, green beer and drunk parades with someone who doesn’t associate that with St. Patrick’s Day.

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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Tipsy Words of 7 Irish Authors
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Tipsy Words of 7 Irish Authors
By The Illiterate Review
March 17, 2014

Seven Irish writers walk into a bar ...

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I Threw My Cellphone into the East River
I Threw My Cellphone into the East River
By Arvind Dilawar
March 14, 2014

An experiment in living wirelessly in 21st century New York City for five months and counting.

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