Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
So you want to clean your blue whale. Actually important: the preservation crisis of African American cemeteries. Breaking glass in infinite dimensions. Pity the Mexican mole lizard. Let’s all go…
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Songs of Our Lives: Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”
There’s you and him, and you and me. You seem to want each of us all to yourself, and that’s fine; you’re the one we both care about.
Call for Rumpus Readers Report: “The New Patriot”
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for our next Readers Report! Through the month of July, we’ll be looking at what it does and…
Mixed Feelings: Why Do Men Always Want to Settle Down?
Many women do want to get married, and that’s a perfectly reasonable choice. The problem, then, is that when a woman says she doesn’t want to marry, many people find this hard to believe.
Notable San Francisco: 5/31–6/6
Take note: The Bay Area Book Festival is this weekend, June 3 and 4, in downtown Berkley. It is an epic event. Wednesday 5/31: Litquake presents a panel of women authors under…
This Week in Essays
Take an immersive trip down the Maine coast with Porter Fox at Nowhere magazine. For The Rumpus, Nancy Jooyoun Kim examines the bizarre dynamics and privilege within the world of…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
If you went to sleep early last night you missed out on the first good moment of this administration. Sometimes you just want to look at pictures of payphones. Generating…
Digging for Characters: A Conversation with Sonya Chung
Sonya Chung discusses her latest novel The Loved Ones, the mental space required to wander around fictional worlds, and looking back at her childhood.
Album of the Week: True to Self by Bryson Tiller
Bryson Tiller made himself known in 2015, when, hailing from the streets of Louisville, KY, the then-twenty-two-year-old singer, rapper, and songwriter posted his debut single “Don’t” on his Soundcloud page,…
Reflections of the World and Me
At eight years old I stared in the mirror and willed myself to believe I was normal. I wasn’t.
Notable Philadelphia: 5/30–6/5
Tuesday 5/30: Open mic with featured poet Ashley Davis. 7 p.m. at APoetArtGallery, $5. Depreciator, VCTMS, Portals, Bad VIBES, and Snake Charmer. 6 p.m. at The Fire, $10. Wednesday 5/31: Moonstone Reading…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
Amazon’s revolutionary new way to sell books in a physical brick and mortar store, has opened in New York City. Everyone old is new again. Even chain bookstores, like the…