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Lunch with Carson
On a chilly February afternoon in 1959, Carson McCullers, Marilyn Monroe and Isak Dinesen had lunch.
Dan Weiss Thinks About Music Too Much #1: Best Coast
A new, semi-regular blog from our most knowledgeable Rumpus employee when it comes to music: Morning Coffee editor Dan Weiss. It’s pretty cold in San Francisco right now.
Every Tarkovsky Film
“[Andrei] Tarkovsky for me is the greatest [director], the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as…
“I always just wanted to do comics.”
John Forrester profiles artist and musician Jeffrey Lewis. (Read the Rumpus interview with Lewis here.)
10/40/70 #15: Raw Deal
This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine…
Harping About Harper Lee
With this year’s 50th anniversary of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, writers have been spurred to question whether the book deserves its place in the hall of American classics.
Happy Bastille Day
Andrew Leland, managing editor of The Believer, has reviewed Matt Stewart’s The French Revolution. Stewart, you may remember, originally published his novel on Twitter last year. (via @elittl) Update: If…
A Conversation with Shya Scanlon
“I’m pretty much a maintenance addict at this point. If I don’t write, I feel useless and pathetic. That’s not to say I don’t experience occasional bursts of joy or…
Surf Guru Notes, #3
Rumpus Book Club Member John Francisconi with thoughts on July’s Book Club pick, The Surf Guru by Doug Dorst. The Surf Guru is simply, and rather consistently, great. It’s a…