The Other Martin Amis
When you’re looking for new and exciting information on Martin Amis, you might want to check out this Martin Amis. His photographs are quite striking. He recommends new photography books…
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Lost Love’s Artifacts
The Museum of Broken Relationships is coming to San Francisco just in time for the holiday that commemorates, lest we forget, the martyrdom of St. Valentine, who was stoned and…
Antonino’s Tuesday Music
Hailing not 40 miles from my parents of hometown of Coli Al Volturno, Italia is the Naples based Spaccanapli (Divided Naples). The best way for me to tell you about…
A Call for the Rebirth of Literary Magazines
“. . . This is a critical time not just for Granta but also for the future of the literary journal as an art form. It is no longer enough…
An Interview with Spoken Word Legend Bucky Sinister
"That was my other big misconception. That if I got sober and went to a meeting they'd make me believe in God. Not true."
Do We All Have a Story?
To a certain extent, asking if we all get a passion is like asking if we all have a story to tell.
The Rumpus Interview with Lisandro Alonso
“If tomorrow I have to quit filmmaking, I will. I’m not going to sell my house for a project, that’s for sure. If I have to go back and work…
Double Issue: February 9 & 16
THAT BUZZING SOUND BY JEROME GROOPMAN Got a ringing in the old ear holes? Jerome Groopman writes about the somewhat elusive condition tinnitus, which causes phantom ringing in the ears.…
Font Factor
Helvetica, a 2007 film, looks at the history of this now-ubiquitous font, from its classical modernist roots in 1957 Switzerland to contemporary American billboards. Originally designed to be neutral, fonts…
Everyone’s Talking About The GI Joe 2.0 Trailer
All thanks to Mark Allen, who showed me this collection of repurposed GI Joe PSAs years ago. Yes: before YouTube! The reggae one was always my favorite. I’m glad there…
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
A review of Vienna Triangle, by Brenda Webster Vienna Triangle is much more than the construction of a fiction around historical facts and figures.