The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Like Proust, David Mitchell examines how the incidents of a person’s life fit together, how the different parts of the world come to form one world.
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I Will Blurb Any Book Within 24 Hours! #8
Tired of waiting weeks or even MONTHS for back-cover endorsements from recognizable authors? I, Mickey Hess, will blurb any book – that’s right, ANY book – within 24 hours! Just…
Morning Coffee
On the origins of our alphabet. Everyone loves a good cubist birdhouse now and then. The Rumpus is god damn intellectual yo; Bio-semiotics! Misleading headline of the day: Beer microbes…
SEX BOOK THROWDOWN #6: Thirsty Vaginas Meet
The Perfumed Garden vs. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, both translated by Sir Richard F. Burton:
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 8/23-8/29
This week in San Francisco: an Adult Writers’ Seminar at 826 Valencia, a record release at Jellyfish Gallery, sweet animation at A.T.A., and, as always, art and poetry in The…
What Writers Are Saying About Mickey Hess
Micky Hess has promised to blurb any book within 24 hours, and he is making good on that promise. Here is what writers are saying about Mickey, and the blurbs…
Culture Death Match #1
Culture Death Match pits Salvatore Pane against Amy Whipple in a point, counter-point battle royal. Today’s bout has them arguing about the most moving half-hour of television from their youths.…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #50
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing unconditional love.
Colford Talks Citrus With Brandon
Our own Caitlin Colford talks with John Brandon, author of Rumpus Book Club pick Citrus County.
Venturous Vegetables at the “Frolic Grounds”
Scans from Venturous Vegetables at the “Frolic Grounds,” story and illustrations by T. Benjamin Faucett (New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1924):