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An Epic, Three Year Prank to Try to Convince a Young Man That he is Destined to Save the Human Race

Piero Manzoni once canned his own shit, called it art, and sold it for its weight in gold. It was part of an early sixties backlash against the art market.

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The Rumpus Interview with James Toback

James Toback started his career in 1978 with a movie called Fingers, starring Harvey Keitel, about a gangster who succeeds in following his more spiritual, delicate side and becomes a…

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Other

An Oral History of Myself #3: Dan

In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with. Because I left home at thirteen and spent four years in group homes, my social network was significantly wider than…

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Google, Kindle, and The Library of Babel

Technological innovation seems almost strangely commonplace these days, from say, contact lenses that could layer data directly onto your view of the world to robots fighting far-flung wars to computer…

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The Great American Novel in Miniature

Lurking beneath the dazzling political and pop-culture fireworks of Benjamin Taylor’s second novel, The Book of Getting Even, is a vivid tale of American displacement and discovery that could be…

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Media

The Modest Mogel and the Grey Lady

David Geffen, one of Hollywood’s most hallowed players, has roused the newspaper industry with his recent offer to purchase a large stake in the the New York Times. On May…

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Video

Can I Get an Amen?

Where do you keep the devil?

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Features & Reviews

Maddie Oatman: The Last Book I Loved, Divisadero

Last night I dreamed of apocalypse: the room filled with water for a couple of hours, and we were all submerged, floundering around in scuba suits and waiting for the…

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One Last Dan Baum Article: Sean Carman Imitates Dan Baum

If you’re not familiar with Dan Baum’s story, start here.

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Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee

Passive-aggressive notes. Bird’s eye view photography is pretty rad. Jason Hawkes has figured this out. The Big Picture has figured out that Jason Hawkes has figured this out. Dinosaur comics.…

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The Last Book I Loved: The Log of the S.S. the Mrs. Unguentine by Stanley Crawford

This is one damn weird love story. This is one strange quest. This is one bizarre boat. These are a couple of strange characters we’ve got here. This book feels…

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Features & Reviews

A Novel, A Junta, A Murdered Bishop

A book—that’s an artifact, often long, filled with deep analysis, and pages, and made of paper—by Francisco Goldman undoes an electoral campaign, triggers assassinations, and drags its author into a…

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