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Join NOW!According to The Independent, Neil Gaiman’s new novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane, released yesterday, is “possibly Gaiman’s most lyrical, scary and beautiful work yet. It’s a tale about childhood for grown-ups, a fantasy rooted in the darkest corners of reality.” Although Gaiman is known for children’s books such as Coraline and […]
...moreDo you prefer order over ambiguity? Do you often find it necessary to come to definitive conclusions? According to a new study, your answer may have something to do with what you read.
...moreIn light of the new Hollywood rendition of The Great Gatsby, Jillian Goodman takes a look at F. Scott Fitzgerald’s relationship with Hollywood during his lifetime. How was his writing affected by the city of “glitz and glamour”?
...moreA few days ago, writer Teju Cole posed a question to his Twitter followers: “One living writer or musician as the focus of your unconditional affection. Someone all of whose work you buy. Who would that be for you?” The question incited responses from many people, including journalists, magazine editors, and novelists. Salon chronicled some […]
...more23-year-old Marie Calloway, a Rumpus interviewee and Letters in the Mail contributor, became an Internet sensation in late 2011 with “Adrien Brody,” her account of meeting and having a brief love affair with a writer nearly twice her age.
...moreWell, George Eliot is Mary Ann Evans. She chose a male pen name, believing that using her own name would not allow her to be taken seriously as a writer. Over on Thought Catalog, s.e. smith writes about using a gender-neutral name and how perceived gender affects writers’ reception. Giving examples of how gender can […]
...moreIt seems that a woman may have written the next ‘Great American Novel.’ And male critics are freaking out about it.
...more“Dear Allah: If it will keep my heart soft, break my heart everyday.” This is how writer and poet Warsan Shire’s beautiful album of spoken word ends. In “warsan versus melancholy (the seven stages of being lonely),” Shire muses on love, family, and women. In a calm and soothing voice tinged with an English accent, […]
...moreA little over a year ago, Marina Keegan gained her undergraduate degree from Yale University. Five days later, she died in a car accident. Keegan was carving out a path for herself as a writer and an activist, with her work appearing in the New York Times and the New Yorker. One of the last […]
...more“What happens between the idea and the product?” Pocket Notes is a project about compiling ideas. Their focus is not on the destination, but the journey; it is not the finished product, but the in-between stages. What results is the documentation of the creative processes of various artists and thinkers.
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