The Rumpus.net » Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:19:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Yesterday http://therumpus.net/2012/02/yesterday/ http://therumpus.net/2012/02/yesterday/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:41:04 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=97425 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!

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/02/yesterday/feed/ 0 Steve Jobs and the FBI http://therumpus.net/2012/02/fbi-on-steve-jobs/ http://therumpus.net/2012/02/fbi-on-steve-jobs/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:38:42 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=97398 The FBI has released a 191-page file on Apple founder Steve Jobs. You can learn more, without sifting through the giant file, here.

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/02/fbi-on-steve-jobs/feed/ 0 End of a Scarer http://therumpus.net/2012/02/end-of-a-scarer/ http://therumpus.net/2012/02/end-of-a-scarer/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:33:13 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=97159

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/02/end-of-a-scarer/feed/ 0 Kottke ♥ http://therumpus.net/2012/02/kottke-%e2%99%a5/ http://therumpus.net/2012/02/kottke-%e2%99%a5/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:57:32 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=96909 “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. Ryan Stradal’s “A Super Bowl Preview For People Who Don’t Know Football,” which we ran yesterday. Thanks Jason, we love you back!

Update: If you haven’t checked out the piece yet yourself, we highly recommend you do.

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/02/kottke-%e2%99%a5/feed/ 0 R.I.P. Wislawa Szymborska http://therumpus.net/2012/02/r-i-p-wislawa-szymborska/ http://therumpus.net/2012/02/r-i-p-wislawa-szymborska/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:47:21 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=96905 “Wislawa Szymborska, a gentle and reclusive Polish poet who won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, died on Wednesday in Krakow, Poland. She was 88.”

Learn more about Szymborska’s life and achievements here.

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/02/r-i-p-wislawa-szymborska/feed/ 0 Updating the Ol’ Internet Storefront http://therumpus.net/2012/02/updating-the-ol-internet-storefront/ http://therumpus.net/2012/02/updating-the-ol-internet-storefront/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:56:59 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=96876 Well would you look at that, our pals over at McSweeney’s have a snazzy new (online) store.

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/02/updating-the-ol-internet-storefront/feed/ 0 Daniel Handler Talks Heartbreak in Grand Central Station http://therumpus.net/2012/01/daniel-handler-talks-heartbreak-in-grand-central-station/ http://therumpus.net/2012/01/daniel-handler-talks-heartbreak-in-grand-central-station/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:48:14 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=96801

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/01/daniel-handler-talks-heartbreak-in-grand-central-station/feed/ 0 It’s a Pretty Great Town http://therumpus.net/2012/01/its-a-pretty-great-town/ http://therumpus.net/2012/01/its-a-pretty-great-town/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:42:25 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=96797

Just saying…

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/01/its-a-pretty-great-town/feed/ 0 “Where We Missed Was Everywhere” http://therumpus.net/2012/01/where-we-missed-was-everywhere/ http://therumpus.net/2012/01/where-we-missed-was-everywhere/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:25:12 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=96418

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]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/01/where-we-missed-was-everywhere/feed/ 0 The Poets Strike Back http://therumpus.net/2012/01/the-poets-strike-back/ http://therumpus.net/2012/01/the-poets-strike-back/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:22:24 +0000 Isaac Fitzgerald http://therumpus.net/?p=96386 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.

So, what do you think? Sex with sonnetists, or do you practice abstinence when it comes to odists? Click here to join the fun.

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