If Science Says Facial Hair Is Sexy, It’s Sexy
“Results suggest that facial hair is worn to enhance a man’s marriage prospects by increasing physical attractiveness and perception of social status. Men shave their mustaches, possibly to convey an…
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“Vectors of Attraction”
“Well, the gay magazines don’t want it. It’s not good for their political agenda. And the straight mags just don’t get it. I haven’t found the hook, but the feedback from…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“Do not chew on the headphone cords!” — From @electriclit, passive aggressive library signs. Marc Jacobs is pissing off literary West Villagers by opening a book store. At The Guardian,…
National Poetry Month: Day 18. “Things Unso” by Seth Abramson
Things Unso If the wind takes the house it will be someone else’s soon enough, and they too
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Happy spring, Rumpusers! Come see what you missed in Rumpus Books this week.
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Have you been been keeping up with our poem-a-day project? Kenny Goldsmith talks about the challenges of twenty-first century writing. Rae Armantrout won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry this year,…
The Founding Fathers and Corporations
I’m not generally concerned, when it comes to Constitutional matters, what the Framers intended or didn’t intend when they wrote the thing. Far as I’m concerned, they knew what they…
Science Saturday
So there’s a volcano erupting in Iceland. Good luck getting into or out of or around northern Europe by air. Might be time to look into that luxury zeppelin technology…
Saturday Mid-Morning Links
Morning, everyone. I was up late last night catching “Death at a Funeral.” Go see it. Trust me on this. Make sure you watch the slide-show on this piece about…
National Poetry Month: Day 17. “English Sonnet” by Dan Albergotti
English Sonnet As an illustration of the need for spelling reform in English, someone (apparently not, as often attributed, George Bernard Shaw) pointed out that—taking the pronunciation of the letters…
Misadventure
“Millard Kaufman’s posthumously published novel is a comic-noir page-turner that is equal parts Elmore Leonard and Dashiell Hammett, with bits of Glengarry Glen Ross and Lolita thrown in for good…