Next Letter in the Mail: Lucy Corin
Our next Letter in the Mail comes from Lucy Corin! Lucy writes to us about her badass childhood friend J and what happened when she went searching for on the Internet and social…
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This Week in Trumplandia
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent content on our country, which is currently spiraling down a…
Hunters and the Hunted: The Last Wolf & Herman by László Krasznahorkai
Vastness does not always mean an abyss.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It’s (always) time for a crash course in the sounds of Afrofuturism. On the origins of the modern alien abduction phenomenon. A couple days late for this but: why don’t…
TORCH: My Father’s Mansion
I love the United States, too. Like a house I was raised in, though, I know it up close and can spot its many fissures.
Rumpus Original Poetry: “Mewl” by Sarah Lyn Rogers
Still, something tells me God’s chosen // weren’t hate-mongering gropers (or worse). Just a hunch. A woman’s / intuition.
Notable San Francisco: 7/5–7/11
Wednesday 7/5: It’s summer, the days are long and warm, and it’s a nice time of year to drive a bit further afield for literary adventure. Tonight, you can travel down…
This Week in Essays
Over at The Walrus, Fatima Syed looks to build space in popular culture for depictions of different types of Muslims. With a sinking feeling, Kristen Arnett looks inside herself and finds nothing…
Language Is All Convention: Talking with Elif Batuman
Elif Batuman discusses her new novel The Idiot, what it means to be a writer, and the artifice of language.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 15): “Southern History”
We can’t hide from our history and we can’t pass it on to future generations.
Notable Philadelphia: 7/4–7/10
Tuesday 7/4: “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July” Serve the People BBQ & Potluck. 2 p.m. at Malcolm X Park. Wednesday 7/5: Trainspotting & Trainspotting 2. 7 p.m. at The…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
The Guardian looks at how an Australian feminist bookstore took on MRA trolls. Two Dollar Radio, a Columbus-based independent publisher, plans to open a bookstore. A community bookstore in Amman, Jordan…