August 2012
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Dogs of Brooklyn by Susie DeFord
When poets decide to collect what they consider to be some of their best work into a manuscript, there are seemingly thousands of choices to make. Should all the poems be similar in style? What about subject? Should the order…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Sometime we have to break the rules to report that Guantanamo prisoners love the Fresh Prince. Blue whale poop is intense. While we are on the subject, here is an important illustration of a sperm whale’s atomic structure. This week…
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HORN! REVIEWS: How to Get Into the Twin Palms
Kevin Thomas reviews How to Get into the Twin Palms by Karolina Waclawiak, Rumpus Comics style.
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Put Some Money in the Jukebox
Today Brain Pickings launches its music-meets-literature venture, Literary Jukebox. Dubbed “an experiment in cross-pollinating the arts,” Literary Jukebox is a daily project whereby editor Maria Popova handpicks a sentence from a favored work of literature, then selects a piece of music that complements the sentence’s…
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Your Guide to the Literary on Tumblr
Well this is awesome: The Millions just published the mother of all literary blog round-ups. Still comprised of Tumblrs, Nick Moran expands on a round-up he did six months ago, shortly after The Millions joined the Tumblr community. Arguably more comprehensive, Moran’s current compilation…
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The Short Swimsuit: A Personal & Historical Account
My short swimsuit was a symbol of bold confidence, and I wore it in defiance—of illness, and who I’d become.
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Tig Notaro
During her “Tig and Friends” show this past weekend, comedian Tig Notaro shared that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fellow comedian and friend, Kira Hesser, describes how Notaro expertly told the news: “For the first half of her set,…
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Transcontinental Summer Reading
It’s no secret that The Rumpus is 100% behind kids taking an active interest in books. Which is why we’re excited by this ongoing summer series, “Transcontinental Summer Reading,” curated by The Morning News. The concept behind the series is simple: editor…
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New Readers Report Theme: Sticks and Stones
Submissions Due TodayWe’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for another “Rumpus Readers Report.” This time we want you to tackle the theme “Sticks and Stones.” Please send your submissions, maximum 400 words, to Susan Clements,…
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Little Century, by Anna Keesey
With her debut novel Little Century, Anna Keesey finds herself among other admirable writers with the hard-won title of late-blooming author.
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An Introduction To Animated GIFs
New to GIFs? Unsure of what GIFs are? There’s no need to fret! Ann Friedman has written an introduction to the art of the animated GIF at Poyntr. The article covers what exactly constitutes a GIF, where you can access them,…