Jose Saramago
Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago, author of Blindness and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998, has died at the age of 87. (via @thebookslut)
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June 2010
374 posts
The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #1: Martha Burzynski
We sent a note to members of The Rumpus Book Club asking for a paragraph or two about where they live. ** I live in Brooklyn, about two blocks from…
Morning Coffee
On the evolution of the World Cup ball. Did you know that Moscow’s metro map has been redesigned? Important stuff. Here’s your minimalist Japanese architecture for the day. Self replicating…
The Rumpus Review of Micmacs
A slapstick farce about one man’s revenge on a pair of rival arms dealers, Micmacs succeeds as comedy but attempts to ignore its own political content.
The Rumpus Book Club: Blogging Citrus County #3
Join The Rumpus Book Club today to receive our second selection, Doug Dorst’s The Surf Guru. ** Welcome to the continuing Rumpus Book Club Blog, where a Rumpus contributor reads…
A Dog Is Barking Everywhere
Foghorns show up in much of my writing, but that’s because I cultivate a disingenuously melancholy disposition that my actual life, full of hilarity and good-natured insults, completely belies. But…
Utopia, What Are You Good For?
“But the question lingers: Apart from its questionable value as a marketing strategy, what is utopia good for?” Paul La Farge at Bookforum on the concept and uses of utopia,…
I Have Written The Most Important Fictional Novel On Earth
I feel bad for most writers who want to get published or make money from their writing, including myself. But I never feel that bad — after all, writing is…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #41: Like an Iron Bell
The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it. And, Johnny, on this front, I think you have some work to do.
The Big Jewcy
Our pal Jason Diamond has been busy compiling The Big Jewcy, a list of 100 people that the good folks at Jewcy feel deserve to be recognized. The list includes…