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Morning Coffee
I really just want to use the phrase “acoustic wind pavilion.” A look at a few of the 180,000 pictures from the Magnum photo archives. Live feed of a Bald…
10 Things You Should Know Before Going on The Daily Show
1. Don’t expect any warm up. Jon Stewart comes into the green room before the show and chats with you for about 3 minutes.
Nicole DeWalt: The Last Book I Loved, The Voyeur
I came home from the library with The Road and climbed into bed to start reading. He joined me with a proposition: Let me read it first or I’ll never…
Reclusive Creator of Calvin and Hobbes Grants Rare Interview
After over two decades of reclusive behavior (the sort of behavior the late J.D. Salinger would have admired) comic genius Bill Waterson has finally responded to an interviewer’s questions. The…
FUNNY WOMEN #14: A Play About the Men at My Gym in Five Acts
ACT ONE Scene: DEREK*, is in his early thirties with a military haircut, moderately toned flab, and tinted eyeglasses.
Teenagers on Salinger
We keep reading tributes to Salinger by famous authors or, more worth noting, written by adults. But what about teenagers, the main readership of Catcher in the Rye? Over at…
Death of the Party
Kyle Kinane‘s debut album, Death of the Party, hits stores today. Kyle is a frequent Rumpus contributor and has performed stand-up at numerous Rumpus events. More importantly, he is one…
Women, Snakes and Stalkers – South Asian Book Covers
These South Asian book covers come from Quinn Dombrowski’s blog Women, Snakes and Stalkers. Quinn has been photographing covers from the PK (Indo-Iranian languages and literatures) section of the University…
Joe Sacco Is Not a Graphic Novelist
“I’m a big fan of photographs and a big fan of prose writing, too. But one of the advantages of comics is that you’re drawing frame after frame after frame,…
A Book, A Library, A Murder
Rumpus contributor Craig Fehrman has an article running over at The Hartford Advocate about the controversy surrounding Brain McDonald’s In The Middle of the Night. McDonald’s book is a true crime novel…