Spelling Bee for Cheaters in San Francisco
On Thursday, February 17, 826 Valencia is presenting its first-ever Spelling Bee for Cheaters at the Herbst Theatre. As its name implies, this will not be your average bee. No,…
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Deus Ex GalleyCat
Our own Books editor Andrew Foster Altschul talks with GalleyCat about Deus Ex Machina and how to get your book reviewed on The Rumpus.
All in the Family
Ellen Meeropol’s debut novel tackles bizarre cult rituals, political violence, drug abuse, infanticide, and the Klan.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We need language to understand numbers (I still do not understand numbers). What does history look like? Long story short: people love toys and have for sort of a while.…
WHERE I WRITE #2: Situation/Coordinates, Venue, Witnesses
The list below is a register of the dates and locations of when and where the author wrote her memoir Revolution, published in this month.
Constantine on Pacazo
Rumpus Book Club member Caitlin Constantine shares her thoughts on the club’s January selection, Roy Kesey’s Pacazo.
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 2/7-2/13
This week in San Francisco, get in bed with Quiet Lightning, Microscopic Giant at Space Gallery, Laughter Against The Machine, Andrew Foster Altschul’s book launch, Literary Death Match, Stephen Elliott…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #73
THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the Large Hadron Collider.
The Book Bench ♥s Rumpus Women
It should come as no surprise that folks at The New Yorker are totally crushing on Rumpus Women.
Nicholas Rombes’ Art Film Roundup
Speaking of Egypt. The Yacobean Building (2006), directed by Marwan Hamed. The film shifts stunningly and beautifully between hard-core melodrama, sadness, and comedy. There are, eerily, some scenes that seem…