Here’s Some Stories I Like, Classics Edition
I’ve been in love with Project Gutenberg for most of my adult life. Since 1971, they’ve been putting copyright-free books into computers (many of them classics) for anyone to read.…
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Best Outsider Fiction
“When I sat down to write this list, I realized that I would need to define what ‘outsider fiction’ was in the first place, a daunting prospect. I came up…
Figment Off to a Great Start
Figment, the new website for young adult readers and writers, was launched on December 6th and clocked in 4,000 subscribers on its first day. The site features a blog, forums,…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
I feel like quoting people today … “He is a writer. I think P and I fell into our own semantic trap, and romanticized him. Writers are fine, sensitive beings,…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
On Sundays, we print this list of reviews and essays and interviews Rumpus Books published the week before.
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Next up for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club: Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. We’re hammering out the selections for the next three months right now, so stay tuned. There’s some…
An Early Review of Deus Ex Machina
Reading the first 2/3 of Andrew Foster Altschul’s Deus Ex Machina felt like I was watching television. Which is appropriate, as it documents the creation of a television show: The…
Wikileaks Roundup
The controversy over Wikileaks’ decision to release these cables has caused a split. Openleaks is a new group that hopes to do what Wikileaks does, only with less controversy because…
Ten Walks/Two Talks
As I concluded in Modern Reader #2, I really enjoyed Ten Walks/Two Talks, the recent volume from Ugly Duckling Presse of the meandering conversations between Andy Fitch and Jon Cotner.…
Science Saturday
Fake eyes can affect behavior. This study is new, but the results aren’t surprising. They’re still cool, though. Reproductive scientists have used stem cells to create mice with two dads.…
Saturday Morning Links
“When you swim in the sea and an eel bites your knee, that’s a moray.” –Spider Robinson Yep, it’s gonna be that kind of day. The Rumpus’s favorite US Senator,…