Leaky Diplomacy
The river of diplomatic correspondence gushing forth from WikiLeaks is only the most recent incident in a long history of leaky diplomacy that began with the American Revolution. You might…
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Early Thoughts on Deus Ex Machina
Rumpus Book Club member Jen George Burt on Deus Ex Machina. ** I think Deus Ex Machina is a modern greek tragedy – a creation myth of the new social…
Rumpus Editor Stephen Elliott Gets 12 Minutes of Fame
Bossman Stephen Elliott on Live Wire Radio talking about The Rumpus, The Daily Rumpus emails, and The Adderall Diaries. Starts at the 34 minute mark.
Blood, Snow, Glory: Mountain Goats Meet Sir Arne’s Treasure
I basically hurt myself with excitement when I read that the San Francisco Film Society was presenting Mauritz Stiller’s 1919 silent film classic Sir Arne’s Treasure with live musical…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/13-12/19
This week in San Francisco, it’s Ladies Night at The Rumpus! Also, Dave Eggers plays ping pong, art for the blind, sitting and lying in protest of the Sit/Lie law,…
Made in Palestine
We’ve already talked about Palestine once this week, but this is pretty awesome: Made In Palestine, an art exhibition curated by the peerless James Harithas, which graced Houston in the…
Ted Wilson reviews the World #65
GAYLE KING ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Gayle King.
Daniel Roberts: The Last Book I Loved, The Secret History
In 2010, half of which I spent in grad school, I read scores of novels and short story collections, and liked many of them. I adored Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned. I…
Polar Bear in Paradise
The protagonist of T Cooper’s short novel is an ambitious, self-destructive, porn-loving, totally sympathetic… bear.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Christmas is just around the corner, so look at this Spanish Santa vending machine robot. Your skin is the oldest thing about you. Philippe Jullian, connoisseur of the exotic. This…
Synecdoche, New York: The Shooting Script
What follows is the introduction to Synecdoche, New York: The Shooting Script, by Charlie Kaufman: