Reviewer and Reviewee
Shya Scanlon posted on Big Other about an extremely harsh review of Jorge Volpi’s Season of Ash written by Tom Bissell for the New York Times. The post led to…
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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.
Painted Leviathan
Inspired by Zak Smith, who illustrated Gravity’s Rainbow page by page, Matt Kish has set out to illustrate every page of Melville’s Moby Dick. You can find more of Kish’s…
Random Media Notes
Editor & Publisher will publish January issue — hope remains? Magazines get ready for the tablet. Over 15,000 people have lost their jobs in the newspaper industry this year. France…
More About Last Night
Did you manage to miss the December Monthly Rumpus due to a prior engagement, a badly timed break-up, or the simple fact that you, like much of the world, don’t…
Forum-Play
Did you miss Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott on Forum with Michael Krasny this morning? Fear not, you can listen to the excellent interview in its entirety (including when Krasny talks…
Lit Drift’s Free Book Friday
Lit Drift has another Free Book Friday contest coming up. This week they’re giving away a copy of Pasha Malla’s The Withdrawal Method. In the Rumpus review of Malla’s book…
December 14th: The Monthly Rumpus in San Francisco
Please join us on December 14th at The Makeout Room (3225 22nd St.) for a night of literature, music, and comedy. Featuring Andrew Leland from The Believer Magazine, James Nestor,…
A Eulogy for Editor & Publisher
“It’s a sad day, but in a strange way the death of Editor & Publisher gives me hope for the future of journalism. Because they showed us a blueprint, that…