Money, Schools and Sex
Thanks to Bloomberg.com, we now know how much Chad Harbach, the “Unemployed Harvard Man,” made on the sale of his novel, and how many copies of The Art of Fielding…
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Morning Coffee
It’s all happening. For the next few days, with Canadian assistance, San Francisco continues its conquest of bad-assery. Secret indoor gardens are the best kinds of gardens. Space bureaucracy. Architects…
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #23: Underdog Tattoo
One time I was in the checkout line at the grocery store, standing behind a dark-haired woman whose left arm was covered in tattoos. Another shopper—a young man wearing a…
Celebrate The Anniversary Of A Wonderful Book
There is nothing quite like reading Little, Big, John Crowley’s epic and elegantly subtle fantasy novel about a New England family and their mystifying relationship with the Fairy World. In…
Faith in Withheld Meanings
What do nuclear waste, suicide, and Las Vegas have in common? John D’Agata searches for meaning in the heart of Yucca Mountain
Stuck Between Two Impossible Libraries
“Every librarian, every book collector, finds him or herself between these two mythical places—the Perfect Library of God and the Infinite Library of Babel, the one transcribed by Jerome, the…
Great Moments in HuffPo Headlines
Dear Huffington Post, “Today’s Great Moment in Photojournalism”? Are you kidding us? No, apparently you’re not. Click for larger image.
Judith Butler At Guernica
“All I really have to say about life is that for it to be regarded as valuable, it has to first be regarded as grievable. A life that is in…
If a Book Falls In a Forest…
“I love the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, which is mysterious, raw, brutal and profound. But I am also haunted by the story behind the story; by the fact that…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #31: Lost in the Wilderness of Self
Walking and talking helped me tremendously when I was lost in my own wild thicket of shit in my twenties. But you know what helped me the most? Art.