Maud Newton Ecstatic About The Paris Review
Maud Newton’s enthusiasm is always infectious — and a few days ago she celebrated in glowing terms the most recent issue of The Paris Review, the first with its new…
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A Dangerous Time For Writers
“If your task is to push out the boundaries, and open up the universe, you cannot do that by sitting safely in the middle of the room. If you want…
Books, Bodies And Why We Should Bother
“If we can get them right, books are luminous versions of our ideas, bound by narrative structure so that others can encounter those better, smarter versions of us on the…
Why I Chose Elizabeth Alexander’s Crave Radiance for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Editor Brian Spears on why he chose Elizabeth Alexander’s Crave Radiance as the third selection of the Rumpus Poetry Book Club.
Dueling Dispatches from the Gathering of the Juggalos
It was inevitable, given the viral spread of the Gathering ’09’s infomercial last year, that some enterprising and well-vaccinated media types would show up and see it for themselves. I…
The Man Who Guarded the Bomb
Today, in Book Review, Matt McGregor reviews George Orfalea’s debut collection, The Man Who Guarded the Bomb.
The Man Who Guarded the Bomb
Gregory Orfalea’s collection of linked stories demonstrates that conventions are there for a reason—and it’s often harder to follow the rules than to break them.
The Last Book I Loved: The Blind Side
I remember being 18 years old, secretly thinking that all the good writers were dead or past their prime. I wanted to be born in the twenties, where wilderness was…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It sure is hot today. I am entirely in love with this Argentinian trailer house. Anthropological surf photography. Thrilling SWAT action from the great white north. Fun fact: Germany is…
Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex: Alissa Nutting
She had chosen to defy all reasonable laws of feminine desire by spurning me as a sexual object. And yet she had managed to publish a book.