Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
This breaks a lot of personal rules for the kinds of things I link to but the world must know: Russian hackers were hanging out on Britney Spears’s Instagram page.…
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Saying What Shouldn’t Be Said: A Conversation with Julie Buntin
Julie Buntin discusses her debut novel, Marlena, why writing about teenage girls is the most serious thing in the world, and finding truths in fiction.
Notable Twin Cities: 6/11-6/17
Monday 6/12: Dani Shapiro will present her new memoir, Hourglass. Magers & Quinn, 7 p.m., free. Tuesday 6/13: Check out the June Books & Bars! It’s a live performance and discussion centering around a monthly book, plus…
Notable NYC: 6/10–6/16
Saturday 6/10: Katie Kitamura and others join AmpLit Fest. Pier i, West 70th Street, Noon, Free. Sunday 6/11: Hafizah Geter, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Lara Mimosa Montes, Cathy Linh Che, Lucas…
The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Diggins
I was told that I was “a good digger” if I was behaving as a young child, working hard, and not talking back. Like nursery rhymes, the rhythm of racism cannot be forgotten.
The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #32: Make the Soup
I am meditating. In a room in Rodeo, at the rickety old secretary/dresser I use as a desk. It is by a window. I look out at the roadway, and…
What to Read When Your Workplace Is Full of Drama
In honor of the World's Worst Boss, we've put together a list of books full of workplace drama for you to read while we wait to see if we can get that orange guy fired.
Dispatches from the Swamp: I Watched the Comey Hearings in a DC Bar with a Face Full of Novocaine
When you live in a political football it’s hard to ignore getting kicked.
Notable Chicago: 6/9–6/15
Friday 6/9: Join City Lit Books for a reading by UIC alums Annah Browning, Tasha Fouts, Chad Heltzel, A D Jameson, Virginia Konchan, Cole Lavalais, Beth McDermott, Simone Muench, Brianna…
This Week in Short Fiction
For the rest of this month, Granta will be publishing the winners of the 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, awarded to five writers from five regions of the globe, with…