The Blooburds uv my Hart
The Times carries an obituary to spelling reformer Ed Rondthaler, who passed away at age 104. He’s the man I described in a Believer piece last year as the last…
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On Film Criticism
Yesterday, I spent part of the morning arguing with a friend as to the ongoing importance of film criticism. He said that film critics were like bees in September: dying…
A Vestige Stirred By Light
The Next Settlement has a rock-solid American quality that compares favorably to William Carlos Williams. Think Plymouth and ocean waves constantly changing, hypnotic in part because of the mysteries beneath.
The Best Rumpus Video Interruptions According to Isaac Fitzgerald
Today’s video interruption, in my humble opinion, is one of the best we’ve ever run. It involves a bear, a cardboard cutout, a papier-mâché mask, and a local Fox News…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #22
Crazily enough, darling, I think you’re doing what you need to do.
In the Art Rags
At BushwickBK.com, Mimi Luse reports on a one-night-only multimedia Lil’ Wayne-related show, curated by Audrey Berman and Pete Deevakul. With Claude Léveque and Bruce Nauman squaring off at the Venice…
The Adderall Diaries Page
updated September 27 The Adderall Diaries Page Has Moved. CLICK HERE FOR THE UP-TO-DATE ADDERALL DIARIES PAGE. ** For media questions about The Adderall Diaries contact Erin Kottke: kottke AT…
Writing the Imaginary Novel
With the advent of a great novel comes a new and irrevocable universe its author has forged. Even the most minuscule detail imagined–a street name, a painting, a work of…
“Everything Looks Different Today”
While there are The Last Book(s) I Loved, there are also The Books I Have Always Loved, among them "A Giacometti Portrait," written by James Lord in 1965.
Trunk Full of Bloomsbury Letters to Be Auctioned
What is believed to maybe be the last significant trunkload of Bloomsbury letters is about to be auctioned off on September 3rd. The collection, containing about 700 letters were all…
Morning Coffee
On football and independent bookselling. Bolivian salt flats, way more interesting than it sounds! The evolutionary benefits of chronic depression. Life on mars? probably! The film version of the Wizard…