The Trial of Charles Guiteau
I wish I could find who posted a link to this on Twitter, because I’d like to thank them publicly. All I know of Charles Guiteau is that he’s the…
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Bolt from the Blue” by Gregory Orr
After taking a certain number of poetry classes, one may end up with a giant box of photocopied poems. If one is a packrat (and I am), these poems are…
Science Saturday
Sorry to do this to you with the first link. Bug’s penis makes loudest animal sound. That’s the headline. I’m not making it up. Red wine could help counteract the…
More on the Oxford Comma
As of yesterday, the Oxford Comma was seen reenacting moments from Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail and generally acting like a spastic teenager. It is quoted as saying…
After the Umpteenth Bird
The speaker of The Trees Around navigates the empty spaces on the page with as much deftness and resilience as he does the empty spaces in our universe (perceptual and…
Saturday Morning Links
You ever feel like the invisible hand of the market has been touching you inappropriately? I don’t think there’s any place that feels emptier than an abandoned amusement park. These…
Horn! Reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: The Upside of Irrationality Another fantastic Rumpus Comic book review by Kevin Thomas.
The Rumpus Interview with Shira Dentz
Shira Dentz is the author of black seeds on a white dish, nominated for the PEN/Osterweil Award 2011, a chapbook titled Leaf Weather, and door of thin skins, forthcoming from…
Announcing the 2011 Music Issue of the Believer !!
Ladies and Gentlemen, the 2011 Music Issue of the Believer Magazine is upon us. This year’s issue has got some unprecedented audible sensations, which I will relay in the following…
Compliments by Franzen
Jonathan Franzen said, “It speaks like none of us for all of us,” in reference to The Hundred Brothers, novel he praises while announcing its uber strangeness. Feelings of mixed…
Kansas Shutdown
Kansas is facing a total shutdown of their abortion clinics as of this Friday, after a new law passed requiring all clinics to apply new (and strict) standards that regulate…