December 2011
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The Rumpus Interview with Carolyn Cooke
In Carolyn Cooke’s recent novel, Daughters of the Revolution, Cooke set the mark of her anger, along with her exquisite sentences, on the ultimate crucible of American male power.
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Dog Hates Fags
Cassie J. Sneider sent us a lil’ piece she drew recently (based on this well-known photograph) that we just had to share. Catch it in all its glory after the jump:
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Tonight in San Francisco: Two Great Rumpus Tastes That Taste Great Together!
For all you Bay Area readers out there, be sure to come out to the Rickshaw Stop tonight to see Rumpus favorite Jeffrey Lewis on tour from New York. Also playing: longtime Rumpus friends (and Morning Coffee editor) The Yellow…
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Amazon Redefines Dick Move
We are no fans of Amazon here at The Rumpus. When we link to books we review, we link to small publisher websites or spdbooks.org or Powell’s. We’ve written about the online behemoth’s desire to avoid collecting sales taxes in…
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December’s Rumpus Book Club Selection
The Rumpus Book Club is proudly presenting Treasure Island!!!, Sara Levine’s debut novel as our December pick. “The story of a ferocious obsession,” Treasure Island!!! chronicles a college graduate’s fateful reading of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel “Treasure Island,” and the…
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A Really Good and Interesting Book
The ineffable David Shrigley has a new book of drawings out, appropriately titled What the Hell Are You Doing?
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Way to confirm a maybe habitable planet Kepler telescope! Sometimes Onion satire can not be ignored. Meanwhile, in real news: everything about a “twitter section” fills me with rage. Toucans! Chromatic typewriters are pretty neat.
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The Politics of Narrative
The first lie: money. The second: property (and borders). The third: government. The fourth: story.