MEANWHILE, Mission Bartenders
Wendy MacNaughton illustrates the world of Mission District bartenders in San Francisco. …more
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Freak Flag Fly
[T]his is no Rand McNally; what makes the collection exciting is Iredell’s delicious sense of humor, his play with language and the dexterity with which he varies his voice.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
South Korea’s ship is much bigger than yours. The Smithsonian wants you to look at animals. As long as people are thinking about New Orleans, here is some NOLA based…
That Scrambled Object of Desire
Back in the late nineties, going through the Criterion rack one weekend at a local video store, I decided to try something new for me – a Buñuel film.
Reimagining The Memoir
“That it is being considered as book of criticism, rather than as memoir, seems the luck of the draw. Some of the essays in it were originally published in the…
The Joys Of Freelancin’
“The great thing about freelance, of course, is the numerous freedoms it embraces, chief among them being the freedom to work in your underwear. This seems to be the one…
Introducing Belgium’s Master Fantasist
Just like last week, Belgium, for reasons obtuse and inexplicable is on my mind. I discovered at 50 Watts a guest post by Edward Gauvin about a Belgian writer named…
I Follow Dead People
Know who’s now on Twitter? Arthur Miller, Sylvia Plath, the BFG, and even Behemoth, the black cat from The Master and Margarita. It’s all a part of Reorbit, a “reanimation…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #66: The Gentlest Possible Version of the Truth
Addiction is a tunnel that wakes you up in the middle of the night. Everything else happens out here in the light.
Simple, Obvious, but Effective
Photographer Irina Werning recreates childhood photos. They look like this and speak volumes about youth, adulthood, and all that’s in between:
An Award for Underappreciated Books
“Each year, the editors of the Believer generate a short list of the novels and story collections they thought were the strongest and most underappreciated of the year. ” The…