On May 1^st I will be stepping away from the position of managing editor at The Rumpus. I will remain a co-owner and, of course, a member of The Rumpus’s ever-growing family of writers and editors.

My four years at The Rumpus have been some of the most fulfilling years of my life. I started working here as a volunteer, then as the site’s first (and, at the time, only) paid employee, and have been privileged to witness The Rumpus grow into what it is today. I am so incredibly proud of everything that we’ve built.

“It’s an LG-something. It flips. Lately, though, it’s a little sad because the flipping mechanism has gotten very loose so it’s more like a flap-phone. It just dangles out there.”

That’s Eli Horowitz, “luddite and creator of a new digital literary app,” describing his cell phone in this BuzzFeed piece about his new project: The Silent History.

We’re going to take it easy today, but we’ve still got some great pieces for y’all. Don’t miss “OG Dad #6” from Jerry Stahl, or this heartbreaking illustrated story by artist Jason Novak.

See you tomorrow!

“It takes me a while to recognize beauty; that’s why, as a writer, I edit so compulsively.”

Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott writes about his backpack (you’ll see).

“Yet for Wallace, tennis entails intense aloneness, standing seventy-eight feet away from one’s opponent, warring within and against one’s own brain. Tennis represents an entirely individual struggle to wrest control from the mind: to be at once fully conscious of oneself and yet able to stop thinking.”

A Paris Review essay by A-J Aronstein about growing up, tennis, and David Foster Wallace.

We’ve posted a new Dear Sugar! Hooray!

Today’s column is the first to go live since it was announced that Sugar is, in fact, author Cheryl Strayed. As a celebration we’re revealing the full shot that the usual Sugar photo is cropped from.

We are thrilled to announce (but also sad, if you didn’t get your ticket yet) that tonight’s Sugar Party at the Verdi Club has sold out.

Details on Sugar’s NYC party will be coming soon.

We experienced a few technical difficulties yesterday, but we’re back today and will be updating regularly once again. Thank you all, as always, for reading The Rumpus!

The FBI has released a 191-page file on Apple founder Steve Jobs. You can learn more, without sifting through the giant file, here.

“Just like they did last year, The Rumpus shares some of the stories of the players participating in the Super Bowl in a way that isn’t as syrupy as Bob Costas.”

Over at Internet-powerhouse kottke.org Jason gives some love to J.

On Sunday we published “Ten Reasons Not to Sleep with a Poet,” but today poets are striking back in the comments section (led no doubt by our pals over at The Poetry Foundation) and vocally defending why you should bed a bard.