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“The Phone Booth” by Raymond Carver paired with 2314c by Todd Hido. Beautiful. (via @DougMcGray)
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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.
D. D. and J. J.
Doug Dorst, author of The Surf Guru (one of last year’s Rumpus Book Club picks), has partnered with J. J. Abrams and landed a book deal.
No New Typewriters
Godrej and Boyce, the only company in the world that was still building typewriters, has closed its last plant.
Michael Chabon in the Lands Beyond
The New York Review of Books has posted Michael Chabon’s introduction to a “fiftieth anniversary edition of The Phantom Tollbooth,” due out in October. (Bonus? The piece includes a photo…
First Chapter in the Sun
You can read the first chapter of John Sayles’ new book, A Moment in the Sun (McSweeney’s, 2011), here.
Welcome to the Ten-In-One
WELCOME TO THE TEN-IN-ONE: The One Ton Honey Lisa Brown continues her incredible Rumpus Comic series: “Welcome to the Ten-In-One.”
“In Praise of The Rumpus Book Club”
“… the Rumpus Book Club is filled with extraordinarily adventurous, well-read, thoughtful omnivores of the literary variety. Everyone who loves to read should find themselves a group like this. I…
“Tim, Man, What Can I Say?”
Restrepo co-director Sebastian Junger remembers Restrepo co-director Tim Hetherington, “an incomparable photojournalist” who was killed in Libya on April 20th.
Tao Lin’s Crystal Ball
“A certain literary discourse, about what others should or shouldn’t be doing with their art, will probably always exist as a distraction from writing novels.” Tao Lin has written an…
Horn! Reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: There Is No Year Another fantastic Rumpus Comic book review by Kevin Thomas.
‘Nuff Said
“Werner Herzog and Cormac McCarthy talk science and culture.” There’s really nothing else to say. Go here to listen. (via @jamesyeh)
Go Hug a Tree
“Denis Hayes coordinated the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, when 20 million people took to the streets and kicked off the environmental movement.” Today’s probably a good day to…