Notable New York, This Week 12/28/09-1/03/10
This week in New York The Poetry Project holds its 36th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading, Ludacris and Sandra Bernhard perform, 92Y hosts a New Year’s Hustle Bash,…
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Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #17
I’m a volunteer fireman, Doug. I just show up where I can when I can, you know? Well, I assume the training is voluntary as well. I’m not gonna waste…
Morning Coffee
Welcome Back. Check out this sweet door. NY Times brings you the most commonly stolen books. In utero animals, kinda gross, kinda adorable! New Scientist looks back at a year…
Malcolm Gladwell, James Wood, and Christine Smallwood Get Evangelical
At a recent n+1 panel discussion, Malcolm Gladwell, James Wood, and Christine Smallwood discussed God as trade, unmetaphysical writers, and intellectualism versus how religion makes you feel.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder
“According to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 99.9 percent of hitchhikers are murderers…” (via DocPop.org)
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Hi everyone. I sort of took today off along with everyone else here at The Rumpus, but there was a lot of good stuff in the po-world this week and…
The Rumpus Holiday Internet Roundup
‘Tis the season, so we’re taking a day or two off. Here are a few wonderful things from around the web to keep you busy (don’t worry, we’ll be back):
Apes on a Horse and More Toys from the Void
“An Ulm engraving of the year 1470 displays a horse and two apes joined together in the middle by a bar and fastened to the back of the horse by…
Christmas Comics
Happy Holidays from our Comics section: Exhibit A: SMALL POTATOES “Holiday Theatre.” Exhibit B: TRUTH SERUM “Merry Crimmis.” Exhibit C: PORNOGRAPHIC BARN OWL “Country Song (FM 98.9).” (Clarification: exhibit C…
The Last Book I Loved: Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
The last book I loved was Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk by Tony DuShane. Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk is a triumph, not only for the adolescent Jehovah’s…