“I’m Not Making a Dime.”
”This isn’t about making money, you negative pricks: it’s about making movies.” Kevin Smith addresses the pros and cons of directing a fan-financed movie and how if (if being the…
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Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #22
No, you’re confused, Doug. “Asbestos” was the name of that Greek drive-thru they converted into a free clinic. This is insulation that’s going keep my bad-ass fort warm come winter…
Gelitin’s “Blind Sculpture”
Over the past couple of weeks, Gelitin, a collective of four Austrian artists—Wolfgang Gantner, Ali Janka, Florian Reither and Tobias Urban—have occupied Chelsea’s Greene Naftali gallery in New York in…
Notable New York, This Week 2/8 – 2/14
This week in New York, Harper’s presents “Love: A Rebuke” with Colson Whitehead, Heidi Julavits and Sam Lipsyte, Simon Critchley in bed with Cabinet’s Brian Dillon chatting about hypochondria, Vol.…
Morning Coffee
Clothing for the discerning clergyman. Sometimes people are really into typefaces but also have too much free time; those people do things like this. Hella sweet pictures of astronauts and…
The Rumpus Funny Women Interview with Julie Klausner
Some people say men aren’t funny. In her memoir I Don’t Care About Your Band, comedienne Julie Klausner says it a few times: (1) “I was tired of pretending I thought he…
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Politics Sunday
“One in four Americans is employed to protect the rich.” Here’s an underreported story: Dominicans are coming to the aid of Haitians, despite a less-than-idyllic history between the two countries.…
“The future of literature is safe”
“I do believe that literature and storytelling has a safe future. The medium is still being negotiated, but I believe that we evolutionarily developed to speak and use language, and…
Stephen Elliott Interviews Stephen Elliott, Insults Fly
“Stephen Elliott: I don’t generally hook up with people when I first meet them. And also, when you’re on the road, I don’t know, it’s kind of awkward. What I…
The Sunday Rumpus Book Blog Roundup
My relationship with the book blogs has hit a snag. Today, we got in a throw-down fight, and I came pretty close to breaking some china. It’s just that the…