This week in New York, the Franklin Park Reading Series with Electric Literature; Authors & Editors with Peter Orner, Love and Shame and Love, and his editor, Pat Strachan; Page…
It’s time to say goodbye to the Western Black Rhino. Swing based guerilla art remains my favorite kind of guerilla art. Birds are so mad at us right now. Maybe you…
I usually read Wikipedia to find the answers to find the answer to totally random questions that I feel a burning need to find answers to, such as: How many…
I’m feeling concise. You can check out and help build the Occupy Wall Street library catalogue here. Books that aren’t quite books? (via) How self-publishing is taking off in China.…
Rumpus Contributor Mark Folse reports back from the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society Words & Music Conference from Odd Words with gems like this: “Or we can begin with the first…
Yesterday was Veterans Day and the American Occupation of America was focused on its members who have served in the armed forces. In the hot front city of Oakland, Scott…
Look, up in the sky! It’s a…Russian probe crashing back to Earth. A new robotic sportscaster–as long as he’s less irritating than Chris Berman, I’m in. I’m shocked! Shocked! to…
I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who commented on or liked or otherwise communicated their appreciation for “The Spirit of Violent Lamentation.” I’m glad it touched people…
Rumpus Columnist Ryan Boudinot’s new book Blueprints of the Afterlife (which he discussed in an interview in July) now has a website! Be on the lookout for new blogs and…