2014
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In Defense of The Novel
For the New Yorker, Adelle Waldman responds to David Shields’s Reality Hunger, primarily using Anna Karenina to defend the powers of the novel.
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Walking With Cheryl Strayed
Time works strange changes on the world. Some things grow dull, some grow wild, some erode past legibility. After Strayed saved her life, after she told her story, after that story became a best seller, strangers started asking her what…
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Eric Garner: A Rumpus Roundup
In July, unarmed black man Eric Garner died after he was placed in a chokehold by a white police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, on Staten Island, a suburban borough of New York City. This might sound eerily similar to the case…
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Song of the Day: “PDA”
“Post-punk revivalists” Interpol have been likened to predecessors Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen, though the stamp of Jim Morrison and The Doors is also audible in their unapologetic, forceful brand of indie rock. Interpol released Turn On The…
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Notable Portland: 12/4–12/10
Thursday 12/4: Every year Powell’s handpicks their favorite books for inclusion in their Holiday Gift Guide. Join them for a special presentation by their new book buying team where they will discuss some of the hottest and most compelling books…
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A Year in Isaac Fitzgerald’s Reading
The Millions asked Rumpus co-owner Isaac Fitzgerald about his favorite books from 2014. He picked, among others, David Mitchell’s The Bone Clocks, Ugly Girls by Lindsay Hunter and Saeed Jones’s latest collection of poetry. Read the reasoning behind Fitzgerald’s choices here.
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The Fantastic Joseph Conrad
In honor of Joseph Conrad’s birthday on December 3, the Paris Review blog posted Conrad’s author’s note to The Shadow Line, which ruminates on marvels and mysteries.
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Twenty Poems That Could Save America and Other Essays by Tony Hoagland
Jonathan Russell Clark reviews Twenty Poems That Could Save America and Other Essays by Tony Hoagland today in Rumpus Books.
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Is Our Art Failing Us?
In his “Cross Cuts” column for the New York Times, A.O. Scott explains how, “in the midst of [our] hard times,” he feels as if “art is failing us.” Following his introductory essay, he asked a group of panelists some…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Here is a story about some stolen brains in Texas. And here is a photo-essay about them. Thanks ants for keeping New York streets hotdog free. Thants. I almost forgot to talk about this angler fish! Hello there, unpublished Raymond…
