2011
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Liao Yiwu’s Escape
“Only by escaping this colossal and invisible prison called China could I write and publish freely. I have the responsibility to let the world know about the real China hidden behind the illusion of an economic boom — a China…
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Welcome to the Ten-In-One
WELCOME TO THE TEN-IN-ONE: The Living Pixie Lisa Brown continues her incredible Rumpus Comic series: “Welcome to the Ten-In-One.”
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A Toast to Finitude
In The Postmortal, first-time novelist Drew Magary shows us a world where humans no longer age—with the goal, it seems, of making us grateful that we do.
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Notable New York, This Week 9/19-9/25
This week in New York, Kick Assonance poetry reading at KGB Bar; Damion Searls talks Proust and Ruskin; Center for Book Arts opens fall exhibitions; Page Meets Stage with Suheir Hammad and Beau Sia; The Soundtrack Series; the Asian American…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The porn industry is ready for the apocalypse. While we’re on the subject (not really): the consequences of ruin porn. Yes, we heard about the loneliest seal too. Hey look, more UN postage stamps! OMG DINOSAUR FEATHERS!
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Growing Up in Greenland: The Rumpus Interview with Jeanne Tost
Aarhus, Denmark, is the second largest city in that nation after Copenhagen, and a center of the arts and education. I was recently there for a literary festival, and in the process I made the acquaintance of some students of…
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Tweetathon for the Short Story
The Brits, more specifically, a UK organization called the Society of Authors, will be highlighting the importance of the short story with a special Tweetathon. The tweetathon features a well-known author tweeting the first line of a story; the next…
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Best Romance Novel Typo Ever
One of my guilty pleasures is reading trashy romance novels. The majority of these novels stick to the same format, with sex scenes that range from tepid to the written version of simulated porn from Skinemax–nothing too raunchy or taboo.…
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WELCOME TO THE TEN-IN-ONE:
The Living PixieWhat is the Ten-in-One? Just what it sounds like. Ten acts under one tent, for one low, low price. A common configuration of the carnival sideshow. So it’s ten comics, one for each act. An extraordinary collection of freakish curiosities.…
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All Over Coffee #551
New York, High LineClick image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights Press. The second and newest book, Everything is its own…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
The founder of Project Gutenberg, Michael S. Hart, has passed away. If you’ve never been to Project Gutenberg, go check it out. It changed my life, and maybe will change yours, especially if you have a boring job. (via) The…