The Rumpus Sunday Book Review Supplement
This week The Rumpus brings you essays, an interview, a blurb and a review or two from good people like Michelle Orange and Josh Bearman and other special luminaries.
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Happy 121st Birthday, T.S. Eliot. Edward Byrne talks about Eliot’s careful control of where and how his poetry appeared, especially as regards anthologies. Joel Brouwer explores the concept of the…
Getting a Little Gunshy
Even the apolitical in the US had to notice what happened in August with the town hall eruptions with their cries of socialism and the many, many racist slogans and…
Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks
Let’s face it: Even when you’re breaking up with a Dungeon Master who used to call you his “Faerie Dragon,” you still know you’re breaking up.
Science Saturday
Space photography gets me every time. Maybe it’s because for the last six years I’ve lived in places where I’m lucky if I see a handful of stars because of…
Plug and Play Genetic Engineering
There are times when the line between exhilarating and terrifying is a fine one, and
Saturday Morning Links
Welcome, my friends. I am Brian Spears, your host. Welcome to the Saturday Rumpus. (Look, you try coming up with something witty to start the day with every week, okay?)…
The Long Ride
Everyone loves a good bike ride. But Slovenian soldier and cyclist Jure Robic doesn’t just go for bike rides, he competes in ultra marathon bicycle races like RAAM. Jure also…
Sam J. Miller’s 25-Word Movie Reviews #1
Let the Right One In (the movie) (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) Somehow makes vampires feel fresh. Fascinating aesthetic: colorless cinematography, minimal dialogue, affectless acting. Touching, scary, tender. An astonishing little girl.…
A Special Case of Plagiarism
Earlier today Chris blogged about a guy who’s translating Moby-Dick into emoji. Which reminded me of something. Recently one of our favorite writers, Damion Searls, was pondering a 2007 abridgment…