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King of a Hundred Horsemen
As with much French poetry, the idée fixe of King of a Hundred Horsemen concerns the problematics of desire, and several of the passages are so euphonic in the original that quoting from the translation may lessen the overall effect…
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Your Personal Clichés
Clichés are, by definition, old hat, but what if there’s a subtler version of the oh-so-enticing little literary buggers? Blogging for the Guardian, Peter Robbins pontificates on his own personal clichés, and how (although they may not realize it), many…
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“Like a Criminal Rain Man”
Wired has published a fascinating article by Rumpus contributor Joshuah Bearman, “Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief.” The piece follows Gerald Blanchard, a scrawny criminal mastermind who starts young (pulled his first job when…
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Movies, Briefly: Surrogates (2009)
Surrogates feels like the least interesting film you could possibly make out of some very interesting material. It presents a world, adapted from the graphic novel by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, full of bold ideas and rich thematic possibilities,…
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Internal: New Rumpus Comic
The Rumpus Comics section has a new member; please welcome Lucas Adams and his comic, The Bins.
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The Best Metaphors Ever
“She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.” “It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.” “He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.”…
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iPerseus
“Perseus Books Group, a large independent publisher that also distributes works from 330 other smaller presses including Grove Atlantic, Harvard Business School Press, Zagat and City Lights Books, signed a deal last week with Apple, following five of the six…
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The Book of Andrew
“For all its political relevance, though, what I love most about The Book of Daniel is the writing, Doctorow’s high-wire act of structural contortion, his ventriloquism, and the slippery point of view he employs to bring this troubled and troublesome…
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“Divine communion time is here little kitties.”
Images from the God and Hair box by Father Yod and YaHoWha. The post title is a quote by Yod. Enjoy.
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Twestival NYC 2010
This Thursday, New York’s New Media set, including Natasha Hafez, Rachel Sklar, Brooke Moreland, Soraya Darabi and Amanda Rose, will gather for what promises to be one of the largest philanthropy events organized through social media: Twestival 2010, which is…