August 2012
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Parsifal, by Jim Krusoe
Last year, Jim Krusoe completed his Resurrection Trilogy, a threesome of novels (Girl Factory, Erased, and Toward You) concerned with what he called “the spongy turf between life and death,”
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Not So Progressive
If you’ve never had to deal with the inadequacies of an insurance company, consider yourself lucky. Gawker reports on a terrible instance of auto insurance failure, in which Progressive not only refused to honor a car accident victim’s policy, but sent…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
This week’s nominee for most bad-ass dude is Wave Vidmar. Maybe you need some Japanese dream imagery illustration? Marsquakes! The world is still full of new things, some of them are amphibians. Let’s all look at some Chinese ghost towns…
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The Blue Velvet Project
This Friday, Filmmaker will conclude “The Blue Velvet Project,” a year-long endeavor helmed by Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes. Published three times a week, the project is an ambitious feat: for every 47 seconds of film, Rombes analyzes a frame from David Lynch’s neo-noir classic, and…
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Pen & Ink Love
Storyboard has an awesome interview up featuring the masterminds behind Pen & Ink: Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald and SF-based artist and frequent Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton. In case you’re unfamiliar, Pen & Ink is a mixed-media project that combines the personal…
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In The Not-So-Penal Colony
Today at The Morning News, Alexander Chee waxes poetic about artist colonies. Touching on MacDowell, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Civitella Ranieri, Chee explores the mystery behind the everyday at colonies, and dispels the myth that these places…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #147
THE IPHONE ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the iPhone.
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Have you always wanted to write for The Rumpus?
No? Why not? We’d like to know the last book you loved and why. Send us a writeup of the last book you truly loved — a little bit book review and a lot about why you loved it —…
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Notable San Francisco 8/13-8/19
This week in San Francisco Monday 8/13: The Center for the Art of Translation hosts a rare night with renowned UK-based translator Margaret Jull Costa, whose translations comprise works by Jose Saramago, and Javier Marias. 7pm, $10, Book Club of…
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Weekend Essay Round-Up
This weekend’s Rumpus was a little quieter than usual, but by no means silent. If you missed them, here are three essays to get your week going: Michelle Dean pays tribute to David Rakoff. She also sheds light on an…
