American History X-treme
A former neo-Nazi’s memoir describes a violent life in the white supremacist movement and his transformative experiences in prison.
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The Best Detail…
The best detail about the Senate parliamentarian is not that he is a mysterious figure with a question mark for a head. Or that his last interview was 22 years…
Movies, Briefly: Octopussy (1983)
When people claim Casino Royale is a “realistic” Bond movie, they don’t mean it’s realistic in any sense that relates to the real world, because it’s not and it doesn’t.…
Life Graphs
HTMLGiant asks an important question: does your life suck (normal life) or blow (successful writer’s life)?
More Jake Gillespie
Have you read The Rumpus Interview with Jake Gillespie yet? Once you do, click here to view more of his work.
Social Media Bust
So when is that new facebook friend not really a friend? When they’re a law enforcement agent using your online info against you. Whether checking an alibi against status updates…
This eBook Belongs To…?
“Think of a bookplate as a wedding ring binding the reader to the book, and vice versa. The symbolism isn’t so far apart: ownership, possession, desire. […] The digital book…
Junot Díaz
“Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they’re running on medicinal-strength Updike. But for me a story is as daunting…
Morning Coffee
A little political guerrilla satire to start off your Tuesday: the first corporate candidate. I don’t understand the sudden influx in vintage match boxes online, but I am in favor…
The Rumpus Interview with Jake Gillespie
“I used to always think of paintings as big large novels. And then all of these little drawings that I’ve been making, I think of them more as a bunch…