TAD Update
The Adderall Diaries notches a couple more great reviews in the Seattle Stranger and the Washington Post. More on The Adderall Diaries page.
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Letting Go By Making Stories: Philip Connors Tackles Suicide
In 1996, Phillip Connors’ brother unexpectedly committed suicide. Now, over a decade later, Connors is getting closure through the completion of a 22,000 word account of his family’s experiences called…
Health Care Links
“Health Care Reform: Where We Are and What Happens Next” How the Baucus plan punishes single people, especially single moms. Joe Biden to move to the frontlines of the health…
Going Away Shoes
Eleven stories from Jill McCorkle show the humor to be found in desperation—and vice versa.
A Look at the Journalism Job Market
As the internet continues to take over the world, more and more of us begin to fancy ourselves as writers and hop on the blog-wagon, but how many viable journalistic…
“A Bolaño Syllabus”
Have you read (or are you reading) Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 yet? We may have mentioned it once or twice here at The Rumpus, but only once or twice. Needless to…
Dig Bunny Dig
Musician and author Nick Cave talks about his new book, The Death of Bunny Munro, “a sordid tale about a sex-crazed, drug-addled, adulterous traveling salesman and the 9-year-old son with…
An Appreciation of John Hawkes
“But What I Really Love About This Is This Amazing Game That You’ve Invented”
Morning Coffee
OMG new dinosaur!!! (which helps solve evolutionary mysteries of the t-rex, or something, whatever). The History of Jobs in America (a graph). “On the asking of favors from established writers.”…
Label 228: Art on Priority Mail Stickers
Soft Skull Press has got a new book out called Label 228, featuring art made on Priority Mail labels. Juxtapoz blogger Elise Hennigan has written a review of the book…