2015
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Next Letter in the Mail: Gabriel Urza
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Gabriel Urza! Gabriel writes us a very funny letter about the changes and emotions a pregnancy brings. Don’t miss out! Subscribe to Letters in the Mail today!…
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The Sound of Prose
You can’t find your own voice, unless you’re listening for it. In a thoughtful interview with radio host David Naimon, the lovely and wise Ursula K. Le Guin talks about her newly revised writing manual, Steering the Craft; the sound…
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Paper Trumpets #27: I Don’t Remember How It Ends
I wanted to put that image inside a scene that disrupts the beauty of it.
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #4: Water, Water, Everywhere
It’s hard to escape news about water these days. Drought on the West Coast, hurricane season raging on the East Coast, and NASA found water on Mars. No matter where you are, these books will drench you.
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Notable San Francisco: 10/7–10/13
Wednesday 10/7: Pandemonium Press presents 1st Wednesdays in the Loft at Spice Monkey, featuring Patricia Bulitt, Fred Dodsworth, Kurt Lumpkin, and Mary Mackey. An open mic precedes and follows the readers. Free, 6:45 p.m., Spice Monkey. City Lights presents Gillian Conoley…
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Iran Calls Rushdie Speech at Frankfurt “Anti-Cultural”
This has been organised by the Frankfurt book fair and crosses one of our political system’s red lines. We consider this move as anti-cultural,” [Seyed Abbas Salehi, deputy minister for culture and Islamic guidance] said, according to local news agencies.…
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Men Fail at Writing About Women’s Writing
Helen McClory, author of On the Edges of Vision, took to Twitter yesterday to challenge male book reviewers, writers, and readers to talk about contemporary women authors. The viral tweet elicited plenty of responses from male writers looking to demonstrate how…
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Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss
Ellen Miller-Mack reviews Diane Seuss’s Four-Legged Girl today in Rumpus Poetry.
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An Experiment in Fiction
Atwood says this is not the time for realistic fiction — and it’s no coincidence that dystopia and fantasy are on the rise now. “I think they’re coming out of people’s feeling that things are going haywire, and you cannot…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It’s October 7th, is the world ending today? On the decline of play and the rise of children’s mental disorders. Here’s your Belgian installation art for the day. Laser razors I guess? It’s always a good day to read about…
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Sound & Vision: Spencer Drate & Judith Salavetz
Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz on their long collaborative career designing for artists like John Lennon, the Talking Heads, and more.
