Saturday Morning Links
Insert not-quite-as-witty-as-I-thought-when-I-first-wrote-it remark here. Is the long novel back? Terry Eagleton versus The Holy See. The Vatican never had a chance in this one. When I heard about the idea…
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VIDA: On Commotion
The recent chick lit writers versus Franzen conversation, while not without its own tedium, has brought to light some serious concerns about the utterly transparent gender disparity in the literary…
September’s Rumpus: “Where’s Steve?”
The next Monthly Rumpus is this Monday(!) and we’ve got a great show! Check out the lineup and buy your tickets early:
The Rumpus Summer Shakedown in NYC
This Monday, Sept. 13, 7-10pm at DEATH BY AUDIO, 49 S. 2nd St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn The Rumpus Presents: Co-sponsored by Take the Handle: Come help us say farewell to summer with comedians MICHAEL SHOWALTER…
A Close Reading By Way of Looking at the First Seven Lines of A Poem and Walt Whitman
Rumpus Poetry Book Club advisory board member Gabrielle Calvocoressi delves into Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation, the club’s September selection, by writing the author a letter:
Weekly Book Club Round-Up
Make sure to check out the Rumpus Poetry Book Club’s online discussion with Shane Book, this month’s featured poetry author who brings us Ceiling of Sticks. You can read the…
Don’t Miss This
Don’t miss the latest Small Potatoes, “The Problem Is.” Seriously. You are reading Rumpus Comics, right?
DFW Archives Open 9/14
The David Foster Wallace archive will open on September 14th with a live webcast. You will be able to view the webcast here, and you can find out more about…
Death By Absinthe, Kerosene, and Sneeze
Alternate and early drafts from Joanna Neborsky’s wonderful new book Illustrated Three-Line Novels: Félix Fénéon:
It Begins to Look Like Courtesy
Carl Phillips is a masterful maker of sweet visual dances that are never cloying.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today is Friday, so let us now look at Parisian street art photography. The cutest stationary set the world has ever known? Have I linked to these toilet paper roll…