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Mary Roach on outer space irrational antagonism. Philip K Dick on the danger of Neo-Nazis in Science Fiction. Japan’s oldest woman is missing too! This is what German museums do…
The Rumpus Interview with Mac McClelland: Burma, the Karen, and Genocide
In March, Soft Skull Press released For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question, Mac McClelland’s memoir of the six weeks she spent in Thailand, helping refugees from Burma living…
Kolmanskop, Namibia, Slowly Sinking Under Sand
Atlas Obscura published an amazing pictorial today of this Namibian diamond-rush town, which was founded in 1908 and was completely abandoned by 1960. Check out the description: “Residents of Kolmanskop…
A Tale from the Trenches
Today the Awl published a long essay by Richard Morgan about his seven years as a freelancer, which I read this afternoon. It’s a worthwhile if sobering read, and really…
A View of the Long Form
Kevin Kelly recently published a review of the journalism website Long Form, which seeks to promote long-form journalism by making it easier to find and read articles online or on…
Birds on Bookcovers
Jimmy Chen’s pithy little feature highlights a self-evident truth: there have been a LOT of birds on book covers recently. Chen says he is sick of them, but the visual…
FUNNY WOMEN #30: My Four Relationships
The way you’re looking at me tonight, I know you’re ready to take this to the next level.
The Collins Almanac is Back!
Friend of the Rumpus and all around cool guy Paul Collins has revived the Collins Almanac on the McSweeney’s iPhone app: “After six years of slumber (I prefer to call…
David Mamet, Crypto-Conservative All Along?
Not long ago David Mamet admitted that he is a conservative, and in his latest book, Theatre, he attempts to integrate his newly articulated politics into his view of the…
Cassette Tape Revival
Here’s an article in the LA Times about the revival of the cassette tape. Seems as though cassettes are the new vinyl. Or something. Apparently, the fuss-free cheapness of the…