China Miéville: the future of the novel
Last week, in the keynote speech at the 2012 Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference, China Miéville spoke about the novel’s many possible futures in cultural, political and digital terms – and…
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Graham Todd
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Graham Todd is an intern at The Rumpus. He spends his mornings writing post-apocalyptic, vaguely biblical sci-fi horror comedy, his evenings tutoring the wide-eyed youth of the Palo Alto area, and his Thursdays at The Rumpus office, effectively “off the streets”. Beyond this weekly ritual, he enjoys karaoke, the movies, and jogging.
What Did You Want To Accomplish When You Grew Up?
The Awl‘s “What Did You Want To Accomplish When You Grew Up?” series just posted its first article where they asked a large swath of writerly tech- and science-minded people,…
NYR’S Apocalpyse Now
Malise Ruthven of the New York Review of Books blog ruminates on the history of apocalyptic rhetoric in literature, art, and politics from the Enlightenment to now. Ruthven focuses on…
The Unified Field
The new Fleet Foxes backed arts and lit magazine, The Unified Field, launches on September 18th and proceeds go to 826 National. The new lit mag will come with an 10″…
Melville in Jerusalem
Herman Melville was not a happy camper after Moby Dick was panned by critics and failed to have any financial success (only 3100 copies were sold during his lifetime), but instead of…
Albert Camus: Solitude and Solidarity
LA Review of Books’ Robert Zaretsky reviews Albert Camus: Solitude and Solidarity: “…the book is a remarkable effort at recapturing — or, for many readers, simply capturing for the first…
Aurora Shooting Roundup
Our thoughts are with the victims of today’s tragedy: 12 people were killed and 59 wounded by gunman at a movie theater outside of Denver, Colorado early this morning during…
Who’s the Fairest Skater of Them All?
The New Yorker‘s James Guida comments on Transworld Skateboarding‘s 30th anniversary interviews with skating legends from across skateboarding’s long history. Guida sees the project as a kind of oral history,…
Olympic Art
England has some great artwork in the mix for the London Cultural Olympiad, which coincides with the start of the Games later this month: Nowhereisland: Alex Hartley, an artist known…
Help Tomorrow Now!
Early last month GOOD magazine fired its entire editorial staff and instead of receding into the dismal ether of unemployment, the ex-GOOD magaziners banned together to make a single issue…
United Books of America
The Library of Congress has put together a provocative list of 88 Books That Shaped America. (Happy belated 4th!) The LOC is also ready for nominations on what to add…
Flannery O’Connor, Cartoonist and Chicken Trainer Extraordinaire
Apparently, as a college student, O’Connor developed a taste for making linoleum cuts, which appeared in the college’s newspaper along with awesomely quipy captions directed at the pompousness of student…