Look Out For Goode’s New Novel
Rumpus contributor Laura Goode, (the most recent contribution being “Albums of Our Lives: Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black”), has just published her first novel. Kudos! Sister Mischief, in which a…
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“Notes Toward a Suicide Letter”
Reflecting, reminiscing, wondering, asking. Jimmy Chen’s beautifully personal essay on HTML Giant, “Notes Toward a Suicide Letter”, explores suicide from multiple standpoints. Whether writing about a loved one or Kurt…
Forgiveness is Priceless
This one goes out to all those young delinquent readers who live in guilt-ridden fear of the public library. That is, if you are one of the 143,000 kids who…
Attention All Radiohead Fans
Radiohead has just released a remix series of their latest album, King of Limbs (2011). The band has commissioned some of their favorite contemporary artists to remix tracks from the…
Sendak’s Return
Maurice Sendak’s got a children’s book out, which makes it a total of 30 years since his last written/illustrated masterpiece. This thirty year period wasn’t exactly silence—he’s been illustrating books,…
All Over Coffee
All Over Coffee #544 Bowery & East 1st Another gorgeous Rumpus Comic from Paul Madonna.
WHERE I WRITE #14: A Green Room in Gujarat
The wall in front of the desk is a greenish turquoise. The painters came and finished the whole flat in just a few hours, and you can see where the…
The Atlantic Summer Fiction Issue is OUT
The esteemed Atlantic Summer Fiction Issue 2011 has been parceled out in installments for a little while now, but now you can finally enjoy the issue in its entirety. Today,…
Coming Soon: Best Americans
Now is a fitting time to announce the upcoming release of The Best American Comics 2011 (coming out in October), with Comic-Con having just wrapped up this past weekend. This…
The Last Book I Loved: West with the Night
Her mother was a nurse, shot in World War II in Nepal. She—my mother-in-law—was an Ivy League-educated, motorcycle-driving, garden-planting veterinarian in Vermont… with a pilot’s license. When she passed away…