2011
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
What does it even mean to create artificial blood vessels on a 3D printer? The ancient Irish were totally terrified of zombies. “On the Writing of the Insane (with illustrations).” Also here are some cannibalism facts and maps, courtesy of…
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The Transience of Identity: The Rumpus Interview with Vanessa Veselka
Vanessa Veselka discusses her debut novel, Zazen, author bios, Buddhism, identity politics, and burning symbols.
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Paging Doctor Nabokov
“Recognizing shared experience, and wanting to, are at the basis of fiction, and the social life fiction feeds on. But psychology should do more than just take these facts for granted: it should help us explain them.” This essay examines…
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A Look at What Makes Google Translator Tick
“Google Translator deals with translation on the basis not that every sentence is different, but that anything submitted to it has probably been said before.” Google Translator defies traditional methods of automatic translation (via “syntax and vocabulary”), searching instead for…
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Netflix Roundup
“Our view is with this split of the businesses, we will be better at streaming, and we will be better at DVD by mail.” Reed Hastings, Netflix Co-founder and CEO, apologizes for the lack of direct communication on his part,…
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Notable San Francisco: 9/19-9/25
This week in San Francisco Monday 9/19: Bay Area based John Sakkis and Lynn Xu headline the 1st and 3rd Mondays Poets! series at Bird and Beckett tonight. Readings will be followed by an open mic. 7PM, FREE. A lecture…
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LA Lit Journal Love
“We want people to have fun and to foster a sense of community in this sprawling, sometimes unfathomable place.” Rumpus contributor Antonia Crane talks with Joe Donnelly, editor and co-founder of Slake, “a new, Los Angeles-focused literary journal,” for our…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #103
NETFLIX ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Netflix.
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Pornographic Barn Owl
PORNOGRAPHIC BARN OWL: Holy Folks Another fantastic Rumpus Comic from Ian Huebert.
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Meet “Carla”
“Did I ever think I’d be taking my top off for rent money? No. I was in my mid-30s and had never danced before…” Lawyer-turned-stripper “Carla” shares her story of dancing to recover from law school debt, and a little…
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All Over Coffee
All Over Coffee #551 New York, High Line Another gorgeous Rumpus Comic from Paul Madonna.