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Here is a collection of some book editors that are worth following on Twitter. Update: One glaring omission is that Ethan Nosowsky (@Nosowsky), Editor-at-Large for Graywolf Press (@GraywolfPress), is not…
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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.
“The Pale King Cometh”
David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King is already available online and at some bookstores despite an April 15th release date. Over at The Faster Times Rumpus contributor Lincoln Michel let’s…
“‘When It’s Not Your Turn’: The Quintessentially Victorian Vision of Ogden’s The Wire”
We do our best to stay away from pop culture here at The Rumpus, but this gets a pass. The reason? Well it’s not about the HBO hit series The…
“Don’t get pompous with me.”
“October, 1996. Having recently been interviewed for Rolling Stone, an angry Hunter S. Thompson writes a heated letter to his good friend and long-time collaborator, illustrator Ralph Steadman, and threatens…
“How to Be Happy”
“Wallace longed to give ‘CPR to those elements of what’s human and magical that still live and glow.’” The Boston Review examines “The Ethics of David Foster Wallace.” (via @MaudNewton)
“Here I can muse in my books…”
“I feel comfortable in my limited space and fear that if I leave the ship for too long or go too far, it may sail without me, and that then…
“SF Bay Guardians”
“Our relationship with the police department is tenuous at best.” Justin Juul investigates the world of San Francisco’s “real life super heroes.” The piece includes excellent illustrations by our own…
Covering 1Q84
The cover for Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84, which was designed by Chip Kidd, has been revealed.