DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #45: Thwack, Thwack, Thwack
Give him a peek at whatever would make you slam the door shut if he walked in and caught you in front of the mirror.
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Love and Serfdom
Check out Deborah Soloman’s terrific, ultra-quippy interview with the author of Absurdistan, Gary Shteyngart. Shetyngart touches on the death of silence, Russia’s antiquated notions of espionage and the state of…
Still Shopping at Amazon?
Well, stop. This article at The Nation, by Colin Robinson, explains how Amazon’s distorted metrics, anti-trust violations, “ruthless bullying” and “capo-like tactics” are destroying publishing.
Racism in the City: Bloomberg for Pot Smoking Preppies
In an article printed in The New York Times earlier this week, journalist Jim Dwyer explores just how much mayor Michael Bloomberg admires his mirrored image and the sound of…
Mississippi Limbo
“At present, then, there is no staff at all, and there is no one here who has actually run a magazine previously.” Frederick Barthelme, fiction writer and editor of the…
Join the Conversation
We mentioned it yesterday, but the discussion occurring in the comments section of Poetry Editor Brian Spears’ piece concerning the Paris Review‘s rejection of previously accepted poems is really excellent.…
Bohemian Subsidy
Czechoslovakian matchbox labels (1950s/60s: agriculture) from the collection of design hero David Pearson:
Moving Pictures
A husband-and-wife team of graphic novelists move from superhero tales to a stark, quiet story about art and the Holocaust.
Morning Coffee
Your Columbian street art for the day. What’s that? you want to talk about time travel paradoxes? Cut-away looks at Nuclear Reactors. Meet the living kitchen of the future. Good…
Modern Reader #4: Without Style
I often wonder if reviews can be great. Can a book (or an essay) that is essentially “about” another book compare to an original work?
“The Great Paris Review Poetry Purge, Part IV”
Michael Schiavo tells the story of his un-acceptance and Meghan O’Rourke, “poet and former co-editor of the Review’s poetry section,” chimes in. To catch up on this story click here.