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T.C. Boyle’s early fiction

T.C. Boyle inaugurates Fictionaut’s new Line Breaks feature by sharing his first published story, “The OD & Hepatitis RR or Bust.”

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Now I know how the Archangel Michael felt

In case you missed the excitement: MaudNewton.com was compromised again. Although the attack was less dramatic than the Russian pharmaceutical hacking of 2008, it took more time than expected for us to get everything back up and running. Some of the posts still look a little buggy — garbage where quotation marks and emdashes should be, images aligned strangely, etc. . . .

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Geek Love author fends off thief

“Getting a tetanus shot, it made me feel young again.” Geek Love author Katherine Dunn, 64, uses her kickboxing skills to fight off a purse snatcher. (Via.)

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Inside Louis Armstrong’s days

For his Louis Armstrong bio, Pops, Terry Teachout had access to 600+ hours of recordings — music, “dinner parties, getting high in the dressing room…”

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