L’Abbé de l’Abbaye
Alexander Alexeieff‘s 1927 illustrations for Jean Genbach’s L’Abbé de l’Abbaye:
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Triple Canopy Announces First Call for Proposals
Triple Canopy, the revered online magazine, which works collectively with writers, artists, researchers and other collaborators on projects that deal critically with culture and politics, will be commissioning ten projects…
David Foster Wallace’s Incandenza Comes to Life
The filmography of the fictional Wild Turkey drinking filmmaker and visionary tennis instructor at Enfield Academy, James Incandenza, the central character of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, will make an…
Vladimir Nabokov and Lionel Trilling Discuss Lolita
“I think it’s shocking. I’m glad it’s shocking.” (via The New Republic) Part two is here.
January 21st: ONE YEAR LATER in New York
The Rumpus and HTMLGIANT present ONE YEAR LATER, a celebration of the first anniversary of The Rumpus, on January 21, 2010. The night will feature readings by Rivka Galchen, Tao…
Calvin Tomkins on William Kentridge
The January 18 edition of the New Yorker (online for subscribers) has a superb, in-depth profile of South African artist William Kentridge by Calvin Tomkins. Kentridge, who worked in drawing,…
Morning Coffee
Resin macrophotography. Because it is cool that’s why. US Geological Survey map of the moon. (via Metafilter.) It’s been a long time since we’ve talked about the red devil squid.…
My Imaginary Interview with Elaine Showalter
In March of 2009, I wrote to Elaine Showalter on behalf of The Rumpus, saying she inspired me as a writer, editor, and feminist. She agreed to an interview, the…
Conversations About the Internet #5: Anonymous Facebook Employee
Facebook employees, after all, know better than most the value of privacy.