The Rumpus Sunday Book Review Supplement
It’s a Sunday, and it’s the day after Halloween. What makes for a better hangover than reading an excellent bunch of book reviews?
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
There will be a memorial gathering for Craig tomorrow, November 1, at the Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, New York City) from 5-8pm. A brief program of readers will begin…
The MFA Rankings Wars
Last week in my Poetic Lives Online column, I wrote a little about the immediate reaction to the Poets & Writers MFA program rankings. Well, it’s blown up a bit…
The Adderall Diaries Book Tour
Check out the video from Stephen Elliott’s stop in Fort Lauderdale on his book tour. Sorry, no video of the woman “poured into a tight black dress with lace webbing…
Science Saturday
Happy 40th birthday to the internet. Just don’t go buying a Harley to prove you’re still vibrant. In what may be the most counter-intuitive finding in recent years, the internet…
Stephen Elliott in Fort Lauderdale
Part 1 of Stephen Elliott’s reading at his Fort Lauderdale stop on The Adderall Diaries national book tour. Here’s part two and part 3 of the reading.
Saturday Morning Links
Happy Halloween! Don’t get arrested for going trick-or-treating dressed as Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen. It may be too late to order this as a last-minute Halloween costume, but I’m sure…
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #17: The Spider, the Simpleton and the Nonchalant Catch
Imagine a World Series primer narrated by Kenny Powers, the mullet-headed hero of the HBO comedy series “Eastbound and Down.”
Anything So Dangerous As Blank Paper
I’m reading the recently-published retranslation of the Tin Drum, and this passage from the second page made me smile, despite its ominous note: