A Disarming Post-Adolescent Intensity
“His prose may often rest on a banality (“we like to feel superior to others. But our problem is that we’re not superior”) but his inner turmoil over such bland ideas,…
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The Last Book I Loved: Await Your Reply
Await Your Reply moved me because it is a novel that tells the tale of a few people searching for identity while leaving old ones behind.
Eskimo Grasshoppers: French Children’s Books of the 30s and 40s
1948, Apoutsiak, written and illustrated by Paul Emile Victor
Morning Coffee
Evidently we’re thinking about cities today. New Scientist takes an in-depth look at drowned cities, fact and fiction. Thank you New Scientist. The winning design for Mexico’s pavillion at the…
The Rumpus Interview with McSweeney’s Publisher Oscar Villalon
“These things, writing and reading, are never, I don’t think were ever, ever meant to be exclusive from anything else. I think they were always meant to be part of…
“Some Contemporary Characters”
Rumpus columnist Rick Moody‘s new story, “Some Contemporary Characters,” is being tweeted by Electric Literature in what they describe as a “new venture in microserialization©.” The story started today, and…
Elissa Bassist on Elissa Bassist
“On a more serious note, I don’t think women have enough space for expression. Some people like to believe women don’t poop. This is absurd. I poop an insane amount.…
Refresh, Refresh
A new graphic novel translates Benjamin Percy’s short story about children of the Iraq war into brilliant color.