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Beckett and the Guy from New Jersey: A Conversation About Joshua Cohen’s A Heaven of Others

A few weeks ago, the literature blog HTMLGiant hosted a heated discussion about whether or not difficult modernist novels like James Joyce’s Ulysses might find a publisher in today’s literary…

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Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee

Architecture porn of the week: totally sick Singapore garden design. Bizarre police sketches. Cakehead brings you a gallery of awesome and bizarre vintage inventions. My new hero: Liu Bolin, extreme…

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Features & Reviews

R. Crumb’s Version of Genesis

Comic book genius R. Crumb has a new book coming out. This is very exciting for me. What’s even more exciting is that said book is his own personal version…

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Bright Lights, Big City and “The Shattering of the Self”

“…Jay McInerney’s 1984 publication of Bright Lights allows us excavation to an even earlier level of American self-confusion. The novel’s second-person narrative, which people found so powerfully affecting, cannot be…

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Features & Reviews

American Short Story Writers Are Taught To Do It Wrong

John Barry has a piece up at The Baltimore City Paper in which he argues that too many American short story writers are taught to try to mimic that famous…

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Mark Athitakis Talks Book Blogging

“I think there’s a lot of thoughtful engagement with books on blogs—a lot of quick-hit riffing and expressions of enthusiasm, and I participate in some of that myself. That has…

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Features & Reviews

The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

The book blogs are full of awesome this week. You should read them. How to write to an editor: “I have given your request for evidence 23 hours of thought,…

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Features & Reviews

The Rumpus Sunday Book Review Supplement

This week, Rumpus Books reviewed three novels and a collection of poems. Come read!

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Features & Reviews

Welcome to Sunday

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SMALL POTATOES:
Palindrome

See a large scale, hand drawn version of this piece at 4 Barrel cafe, 375 Valencia Street, San Francisco Opening reception and Rumpus party Friday, October 9th, 6-8pm angrylittlepotatoes.com …

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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears

The deadline for entry into the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg poetry prizes is nearing. These are some of the most generous poetry prizes available, and they give a large number of…

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Did You Miss?

It’s been a fascinating couple of weeks here at The Rumpus. Here’s a taste of what you might have missed. Join the conversation at The Blurb#10, especially if you’re a…

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