2011
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Like a Molotov Cocktail… But Funny
Three of our favorite comedians, W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green, and Janine Brito, are unleashing a guerrilla stand-up comedy tour on America: Laughter Against The Machine. Click the link to learn more, and check out their sweet promotional video after…
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Yuknavitch
Today Lidia Yuknavitch interviews our beloved advice columnist, Sugar. But don’t miss out on our interview with Lidia (conducted by the Rumpus Book Club), as well as her three fantastic Rumpus essays: “Where I Write #6: Blood Red Desk,” “The…
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Social Media = Hard Drugs?
“Last week my wife and I told our 13-year-old daughter she could join Facebook. Within a few hours she had accumulated 171 friends, and I felt a little as if I had passed my child a pipe of crystal meth.”…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #73: I’m Standing Right Next to You
In this very special Rumpus interview, Lidia Yuknavitch interviews our beloved Sugar.
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Embassytown
China Miéville’s latest genre-bending book, Embassytown, unites science fiction and heady wordplay in a universe literally constituted by language.
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Ten years in, brick and mortar Apple stores have proven to be wildly successful. Eight New Yorkers are suing Chinese search engine Baidu for censoring the internet on behalf of the Chinese government. Google Places will start allowing users to import…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is safe to assume that today will be another day. Today in: things you can do with abandoned factories. Robot libraries of the future! Cool it chimps! Dutch detective covers.
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OBSCURE CARTOONISTS:
Steve WillisA heavy-metal-obsessed Puerto Rican 12-year-old. A Dartmouth professor of biology and science-fiction writer. A party girl and print designer from Birmingham, Alabama. What do these people have in common?
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“Cold Summer Nights”
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “Cold Summer Nights” Click Here to Purchase Tickets! June 13th, 7pm, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. Featuring authors Matt Werner, Tayari Jones, Camille Dungy, and Tamim Ansary! Plus music and a reading by…