June 2010
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A Functional Freak
“3. If you’re not sure you could love your children, please don’t have them, because they might grow up and kill us.” Flavorwire has posted John Waters’ “10 best pieces of advice for functional freaks,”an excerpt from his new book,…
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The Notable André da Loba
We’re giddy with the news that André da Loba, the artist behind the brilliant, whimsical and surreal illustrations for our Notable New York column recently received a merit award from 3×3 Magazine for his Notable New York series. At 3×3‘s…
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Citrus County – Shipped
The Rumpus Book Club selection, Citrus County, began shipping yesterday. We’re going to ship another batch on Friday morning so there’s still time to sign up and receive the first book. Our second book, The Surf Gurus by Doug Dorst,…
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American Fractal
Timothy Green’s debut collection of poetry, American Fractal, picks up where scientific discourse leaves off.
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“Where the hell are my books?”
“My father’s lifelong relationship with books mirrored Hugh Hefner’s relationship with bimbos; day and night, he always had to have several within reach. He slept with a pile of them on his bed. He drove with a couple of them…
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Morning Coffee
A case study of bird’s nests. People with Asperger’s don’t really think about that at all. Donald Judd’s library is better than yours,` Huge news: Subway has at last agreed to change their cheese placement. A look at pulpy Steinbeck…
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Why Christopher Hitchens Doesn’t Matter
Hitchens’ new memoir Hitch-22 is a sprawling self-portrait of a name-dropper and a hanger-on.
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Protected: The Rumpus Book Club Discussion #1: John Brandon
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“The worst has happened, but evacuated children are going to need books more than ever.”
Phil Baines new book, Puffin by Design, charts over 70 years of design history at Puffin Picture Books. PPB, the serendipitous joint venture of natural history publisher Noel Carrington and Penguin founder, Allen Lane, was born out of a desire…