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We’re still in the market for readers, so send me an e-mail at
marketing.treehouse@gmail.com if you’re interested!

Coming up this week: some holiday goodness from us here at Treehouse.

And because it’s Christmas, I only have this to say.

And this.

And also, of course: Happy Holidays.

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Follow Rob Delaney on Twitter. I just discovered him by reading Mark Peters’s “Best Joke Ever” column for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. What’s Delaney’s best joke? Go read the piece and find out, you bum. I can’t do all the work for you.

This is happening. And we’re all guilty of it. Because peer pressure.

A triptych about salt? Yes, please. Thank you, Kate Angus.

My reading recommendation this week? Treehouse submissions. We’re in the market for a couple of readers to join the crew. Want to help? Shoot me a brief e-mail explaining why you want to be a part of our team (you can say it’s for the money, but full disclosure: that won’t get you paid any faster). You can include a resume and a piece of your own writing if you want to, but it isn’t necessary. We just need people who love to read and who can offer up an opinion that doesn’t end with “I liked it,” or “I didn’t.” E-mail address is marketing.treehouse@gmail.com. Give me a clue in the subject line what you’re e-mailing about. We’re only looking for two readers – three tops – so first come, first serve.

Oh, and happy Thanksgiving.

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How many male novelists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Find out here.

Blockbuster Video is closing its doors. (Maybe because the word “video” is no longer relevant?) I’m really going to miss those 4 for $20 DVDs. And absurdly large boxes of candy. In case you weren’t a frequenter of Blockbuster (or are not old enough to really get it, in which case I say to you: ugh), this sums it up nicely.

Margaret Atwood doesn’t have the time for book blurbs anymore, so don’t ask. But if you do, at least she’s poetic when she tells you no.

Anybody who has worked in an office or gone on any kind of retreat can sympathize with this story. Because — who are we kidding? — we’ve all thought about it and you know it.

“Marsupial.” “Spelunking.” “Financial advice.” “Custom ringtones.” “Fuck. Or…rat bastard.”

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Back from hiatus!

Hi everybody! In honor of the Austin City Limits music festival, which I attended two weekends ago, I’ll start things off with a slideshow of 8 songs inspired by pieces of literature. It’s not the best list, nor the most comprehensive, but it’s the Huffington Post so, you know, what’re you gonna do?

Ian Crouch for The New Yorker talks about neologisms (a word I love), which are new words (many of which I do not love, i.e. twerking…ugh).

I suggest we all move to Iceland. I’m not saying it’ll improve our chances of publication, but they certainly seem to be literary-friendly over there. And it couldn’t hurt, right?

’Tis the season for All Hallow’s Read, my friends. Check out the site, the awesome promotional video, and give a stranger a scary book. Here are some recommendations, too, from them to me to you!

Happy (pre-)Halloween (weekend)!

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Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s sixth and newest poetry collection is available as of today on Amazon. Autobiographical in nature, The Year of No Mistakes “shines with beautiful vulnerability” as it follows Cristin’s departure from New York City and how she copes with her ten-year relationship coming to an end. It also features this piece that we published in February.

GalleyCat sums up a top lit journal editor’s submission advice gleaned from a Q&A on Reddit last month.

More on poetry. Flavorwire catalogues quotes from the likes of poets Mary Oliver, Percy Shelley, Dylan Thomas, and more on what they think is the meaning of poetry.

This week, I want you to read “Sometimes We Both Fight in Wars” from past contributor Leesa Cross Smith; it was recently featured in Smokelong Weekly, and it’s a prime example of Leesa’s sometimes gritty but always beautiful writing. (And don’t be shy about checking out her lit mag WhiskeyPaper.)