Morning Coffee
Is it just me or is today really dorky? We here at the Rumpus aren’t always so keen on the idea of steampunk, we do however like these lamps a…
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Goldman Sachs Arts Grants Online Application
After announcing our intention to donate millions to charity this week, Goldman offices were immediately besieged by requests from bohemian types for somewhat sad sums for “projects.” Since we are…
NBCC Finalists Announced
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for its 2009 book awards. Among those named are D. A. Powell (whose Rumpus Original Combo can be read here) for…
Itsi Dreamt That He Went to the Forest
These illustrations are by Isaachar Ryback for In the Forest, a 1922 children’s book by Kvitko. Ryback was a painter born in the Ukraine in 1897. He settled in Berlin…
“When I’m Thirsty and When I’m Not”
“Charles Baudelaire (1821 – 1867): Booze, Opium; Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849): Alcohol, Opiates; Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 – 1861): Opium; Stephen King (1947 – present): Booze, Cocaine, Prescription…
Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #20
Anyone can tame a grizzly bear, Doug. Shit’s hack. But a polar bear? I hope you’re not too uncomfortable sleeping on that bed of money I just made for us.…
Bloomsbury Whitewashes Again
Not long ago Bloomsbury published author Justine Larbalestier’s novel Liar, which revolves around an African-American protagonist, with a white girl’s face on the cover. The choice was made against Larbalestier’s wishes…
Morning Coffee
The Context Project is seeking to blur the line between industrial design and fine art. It is also totally rad. Yesterday marked the 31st anniversary of the first robot homicide…
The Waitress on the Ukulele: A Short History of the Folk Opera
“To me folk music is about storytelling, and opera is about storytelling, so there’s no contradiction at all.”
A Cockerel Device
These wood engravings all come from books published by The Golden Cockerel Press, a private press operating in England between 1920 and 1961. I was scanning from a 1975 American…