“Defoe’s novel, published in 1722, is a mutant factual-fiction that recounts the plague epidemic of 1665, which dispatched almost 100,000 Londoners. Purporting to be the ‘memorial’ of a survivor known…
“Many—perhaps most—books on the American university fall into two categories. Jeremiads seem to pop off the presses every week. A fair number of them conform to a single type, one…
“A prolific writer, Adam Gopnik has left almost no topic untouched, from Darwin and Lincoln to—not necessarily in that order – Mark Twain, Marx (Groucho), W.H. Auden, James Taylor, leaving…
“Though Peter Orner is quite purposeful and precise in his nonlinear approach to storytelling, reading his latest novel Love and Shame and Love can evoke the sensation of unpacking a…
Rumpus contributor Jesse Nathan will be reading poetry alongside Zubair Ahmed and Yosefa Raz (two other young Bay Area poets) as part of the closing reception for Impact. The event…
THE COMPUTER AT THE JAMAICA PLAIN LIBRARY ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the computer…
It’s eviction day in Occupy Oakland. No injuries reported, and 32 people were arrested for failure to disperse. An interesting story of an Oakland police officer who’s been accused of…
This Week in San Francisco- Monday 11/14: The November Monthly Rumpus! Join us tonight at 7pm at the The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. Featuring authors Kim Addonizio,…