2011
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
I am freakin’ loopy today. Jessa Crispin explains why you’re not really crazy. (and maybe I’m not either!) Because this is the type of thing that I might get in trouble for posting on The Rumpus, and because I’m gonna do…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It was a good week at Rumpus Books. Come see what you might’ve missed.
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An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
The big stories surrounding the Occupy Wall Street movement seem to center around police brutality, but in a lot of cities, occupiers and police are working together peacefully. Much of the pushback against the Occupy movement has come in the…
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Science Saturday
Interesting piece on how psychology affects performance in the world of sports. Birds may be using a sophisticated grammar to communicate. Great space images via National Geographic. Edward Tenner on why the Webb Telescope is worth it, even if it…
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Saturday Morning Links
Some mornings I wish I had an automatic coffee dispenser right next to my desk. Most mornings, actually. Over at Slate, Ron Rosenbaum takes apart Anonymous, the new Shakespeare conspiracy theory movie, beautifully. How big a role does expectation play…
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“Where Love Grows”
“In some ultimate and unknowable sense, love might be an affair of pheromones just as it might be the marriage of true minds; love might be life’s grandest illusion just as it might be its realest thing. The point for…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Samsung now sells more smartphones than Apple. A new anti-piracy bill would give the DOJ the power to shut down websites permanently. Scary. Robotic Lego clock! Google gives Google TV another go.
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All About Orner
Peter Orner’s new book, Love and Shame and Love, got some *ahem* love today from the New York Times. No surprise to us though, as the book is our November selection for The Rumpus Book Club (which, it’s worth mentioning,…
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Love and Shame and Love Book Trailer
Book trailer for our November Rumpus Book Club selection, Peter Orner’s Love and Shame and Love.
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SMOKE IN YOUR EYES:
Sleep DeprivedA beautiful, scary Rumpus Comic about bedbugs and love by artist MariNaomi. …more
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Everything Tastes Better When It’s Precious
[An] unrequited love of language is demonstrated throughout The Hermit, as the speakers of the poems seem to continually give and love openly, but are often left hurting or alone—left to their prisons.