The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
As you read this, I’m staying in a isolated haunted hotel in the middle of a redwood forest with no Internet and no phone—what could go wrong?—so things might be…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It’s Sunday, so you might want to come see if you missed anything from Rumpus Books this week. Our mascot Rumpy gets sad when you don’t.
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Jessica Smith wrote a post about the incivility in the comment stream at Ron Silliman’s blog, and in comment streams in general. Silliman has since turned off his comments, and…
“The lust is men’s; the bodies are women’s”
Jezebel takes apart the results of a survey conducted by a Christian website. The subject of the survey is modesty, and the responses vary from the odd to the terrifying,…
Bill Murray: Anti-Christ
Stephenson Billings, a writer for the satirical site Christwire, makes the case for boycotting Bill Murray in order to have a better America. “What this man symbolizes is far more…
SMALL POTATOES:
Hardcore
Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
Science Saturday
Does your pet carry the Ebola virus in its genes? Could a wind-powered vehicle go faster than the wind? Yes, it seems. Take a look at the oldest evidence of…
Saturday Morning Links
Last day of July. Let’s crack open some Bud Light Lime* and get stanky. Just don’t plan to have any seafood from the Gulf of Mexico to go along with…
Wonder What the Word Count Is…
Looking for some weekend reading? The FBI has released its file on author, historian, and activist Howard Zinn. Hope you don’t have any other plans though, because it’s over 400…
Now playing: Winnebago Man
There’s a pretty good chance you already have an idea who Jack Rebney is, even if you don’t recognize the name; if you don’t, you should immediately watch one of…
Good News for Publishing (and Maybe You): Bigger Isn’t Better
Ryerson Review of Journalism brings hope to small publications by giving three good reasons that bigger may not be better – Geez, Spacing, and Broken Pencil; and why they’re tiny but…
The Rumpus Book Club Roundup:
All the Hype
-Last week, Nerve‘s The Hype Line claimed Doug Dorst’s The Surf Guru as one of the five things it couldn’t look away from. Writes Ray Rahman: “When you pick up a…