Morning Coffee
The World Cup ended yesterday (the psychic octopus was right), so today is the last day I can link to things like this. The City of Staples. On the virtue…
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The Rumpus Interview with Jesse Hlebo
I like to play the part of the pessimist from time to time, but it’s all a façade – I’m a total believer. I genuinely think things can somehow get…
“An Elegy to Oscar Grant”
“I wanted to write an intelligent & coherent critique of the #OscarGrant verdict but I couldn’t. The logic wasn’t in my heart; just the poem.” “The poem I just posted…
Mullets Illegal in Iran
According to the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, mullets are now illegal. And that’s not it: pony tails, spiky hair, and long hair in general—on men at least—have…
“The Slavoj Zizek Show”
“Take my friend Peter, for example, fucking Sloterdijk. I like him a lot, but he’ll obviously have to be sent to the gulag. He’ll be in a slightly better position…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“How to write sci-fi erotica: Imagine what Mary Shelley would write after fucking Pris from Blade Runner.” At PANK, Kirsty Logan wants to tell you how to write genre. What are…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
One awesome thing about Rumpus Books is that we’ve got tons of original author interviews and book reviews and other miscellany we publish each week. One awesome thing about Sundays…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Have you heard? The Rumpus is a place for poetry. (My own thoughts on this subject here.) If you’re looking for a journal to subscribe to, Gulf Coast is a…
Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla
How are you planning to spend Nikola Tesla day? I first experienced Tesla, I’m almost ashamed to admit, in the fiction of Spider Robinson, but the fictionalized version intrigued me…
Science Saturday
“No evidence of scientific malpractice and no reason to doubt the credibility of the scientific claims being made by the East Anglia researchers.” For all the soccer/football fans out there:…
You, too, can be a terrorist without even trying
Joshua Holland, writing for AlterNet, discusses just how easy it is to run afoul of the US’s laws on providing material support to groups named as terrorist organizations: “The Supreme…