A Poetry Bestseller?
On the first day of every semester in my poetry classes, I ask my students if they can name a single living poet. About one in three classes comes up…
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Science Saturday
The headline says it all: “Galactic Supervolcano Erupts From Black Hole“. That oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico? Still there, and no idea how long it’ll stay. The moon…
Saturday Morning Links
Is it Saturday already? My last week of vacation/first week of work went by a little quickly. How did medieval folks protect their DVDs? I haven’t written anything on the…
The Eyeball #34: The Thorn in My Heart
What’s going on with Michel Gondry’s career these days? Well, this, for starters…
I Will Blurb Any Book Within 24 Hours! #4
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…
An Invisible Giraffe. A Pyramid of Glass. A Development At Once Revealing and Occluding: Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation
Rumpus Poetry Book Club advisory board member Gabrielle Calvocoressi on why she chose Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation to be the group’s September selection.
The Last Book I Loved: The House of Mirth
It’s fitting that I only finally read The House of Mirth, Wharton’s great novel about the decline and fall of a socialite by the name of Lily Bart, around the…
Book Burning for God
City officials in Gainesville, FL have “denied a burn permit” for a church hoping to set fire to numerous copies of the Quran on September 11th. Not to be deterred,…
Happy (Early) Birthday Ray Bradbury!
UCLA has a number of videos up to celebrate Ray Bradbury’s 90th birthday, which is this Sunday. In one of the videos Bradbury explains, unequivocally, how he made it to…
Mortal Geography
Alexandra Teague’s charted worlds range from the exotic to the quotidian, from Tikal to a San Francisco classroom.
Of Scallops and Clouds: The Rumpus Book Club Round-Up
-Tao Lin, author of the August book club pick Richard Yates, has become notorious for his pranks, cons, and general attempts to outwit his readers and/or neighborhood bookstore employees. So when…