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2010
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Finding Funny
Judd Apatow talks with BookBench about I Found This Funny: My Favorite Pieces of Humor and Some That May Not Be Funny At All,” a new collection he edited for…
Asking Students What They Think
The New York Times is asking Students 13 and older: “Would You Trade Your Paper Books for Digital Versions?” If you’re a student you should let the newspaper know what…
That Sick Feeling
Janice Shapiro’s characters see that the game of womanhood has no winners—and some are frantic for an escape that they do not find.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
“In fact, most of the life on the planet is probably composed of bacteria.” Let’s take a look at street artist JR (winner of this year’s TED prize), shall we?…
The Rumpus Interview with Quest for Kindness
Quest for Kindness seemed, to me, like career suicide, but in a warm and self-sacrificing way.
Roger Ebert
“I don’t know when I’ve enjoyed the comments under someone else’s blog entry more.” Roger Ebert loves the comments on today’s “All Thumbs” piece.
Help a Poet Help Homeless Youth
Rumpus friend and poet extraordinaire D. A. Powell is encouraging his twitter followers to give money to Larkin Street Youth, a support organization for homeless youth in San Francisco. For…
Steal This eBook
“If book publishers want to see the next decade in any reasonable health, then it’s absolutely imperative that they rethink their pricing strategies and business models right now.” Adrian Hon…
“You could say I’m self-employed, but that’s not quite accurate.”
Founding editor Stephen Elliott on working, not working, and being a writer in San Francisco.