A Very Semi-Serious Request
Sometimes the most we can manage is to flip through the latest New Yorker for the cartoons. A recent Kickstarter project (with only 9 days left!) is a documentary about the…
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Caroline Kangas
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Caroline Kangas calls both Seattle and San Francisco home (though she currently resides in the latter). She recently received a mouthful of a liberal arts degree from the University of San Francisco and can be found selling pirate supplies at 826 Valencia or wandering the streets with her diva of a french bulldog, Elle.
The First Annual Pygmalion Literary Festival
Have you made your summer plans yet? Well add Champaign-Urbana, Illinois to the list on September 27th and 28th for the Pygmalion Literary Festival, happening for the first time alongside…
The Kindle’s not-so-stealthy attack
Amazon has been putting out feelers in communities that are doing just fine with out them, thank you very much. First, Kindle Worlds is Amazon’s attempt to commodify fan fiction…
Rosie the Literary Riveter
“You decide you cannot fault these people for making you angry and miserable, but you feel crazy: half mad at yourself, half mad at these cheer-leeches.” So says Lucy Schiller in…
Every Noise at Once
All-powerful algorithms strike again! This time, they bring visualization of relations between all genres of music from Chinese Traditional to Dirty South Rap to Turbo Folk. Each genre includes a…
“No, It’s Not Called Dear Salty.”
Steve Almond, a longtime Rumpus columnist and the original Dear Sugar before Cheryl Strayed took over, is sharing his two cents again! This time he’s giving advice every Monday at WBUR…
Celebrate 20th Century Italian Poetry
Join the Center for the Art of Translation and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in their celebration of Italy’s “Year of Italian Culture in the USA.” They will be bringing Italy to San…
Voyeurism Via Email
Miranda July’s new project, We Think Alone, sends the personal emails of ten people to your inbox every Monday from July 1 through November 11. Miranda describes the project: I’m always trying…
Life through sidelong glances
Peter Orner‘s first book, Ester Stories, has been re-released with an introduction by Marilynne Robinson. We’ve come to know Peter’s storytelling mastery through the Lonely Voice column here on The Rumpus.…
“Macho Gay Guys” vs. “Really Gay Guys”
With the recent announcements of two male gay professional athletes, there has been a general feeling of widening acceptance for the LGBT community. But, just as the election of a…
Your Reader and Your Character Walk Into a Bar…
Do they have a drink together? Are they both fully formed, real people? Does it even matter? The conversation sparked recently by Claire Messud continues in a New Yorker forum, including responses…
The Need for “No”
For an artist, saying no to anything but the art is strength training for the muscle required to say yes to work, yes to creation. At Medium, Kevin Ashton tells…