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December 2011
244 posts
No More Kisses for Oscar Wilde’s Tomb
“On her blog, ‘A Love Letter From London,’ an architectural historian named Lisa Marie, who blogs under the name Miss Marie, wrote that ‘the continued devotion of Oscar Wilde’s fans…
Science Saturday
So glad that Wired Science didn’t title this piece “A Star is Born” because that would have been really cheesy. X-Men bacteria Comet Lovejoy is pretty badass. The National Institutes…
Saturday Morning Links
Tonight, I will be geeking out hard. There will likely be evidence of this on my various other interweb presences. Klingons are involved. Gene Marks, writing for Forbes, informed the…
On Literary Adaptations
The New York Times dissects the advent of the novel to television adaptation with a focus on Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad. Craig Fehram breaks down the…
Praise for Damascus
“The author’s jaunty voice [is] Beat-poet cool…Mohr nails the atmosphere of a San Francisco still breathing in the smoke that lingers from the days of Jim Jones and Dan White,…
Why I Love the Rumpus Book Club
Being a part of an online community comprised of people all around the world is a very odd feeling. You know the other members so well, yet not at all.
Anna Deavere Smith at Grace Cathedral
San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral is launching an Artist in Residence program. Their first artist is awesome playwright, actor, and author Anna Deavere Smith, who will “share in the life of…
Horn! Reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: Love and Shame and Love Kevin Thomas reviews the November Rumpus Book Club selection, Love and Shame and Love, Rumpus-Comics style.