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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.
Four Years For the Price of One
Our very own Stephen Elliott on his favorite books of 2010 (but really 2009, 2008, and 2007).
Is There a Poodle In It?
“A midnight bathroom-based experiment, for better or worse.” Those were the words in the email sent to us along with a link to this video, which advertises McSweeney’s 36.
Dan Chiasson’s Favorite
“Omnivorous, fast-forward, bull-in-a-china-shop poems…” Rumpus Poetry Book Club pick The Cloud Corporation by Timothy Donnelly is Dan Chiasson’s “favorite book of the year.”
“It is difficult to talk about race and stressful and awkward and exhausting.”
Roxane Gay posts “A Bit of Follow Up” to her post about the lack of diversity in the Best American Short Stories 2010, which we mentioned here.
“He Ripped Me to Pieces.”
“The first thing Master Adams did was duck back and away, cocking his head as I opened my portfolio too quickly, almost clipping his nose. Then he looked at my…
Deus Ex Machina
“Rarely has societal critique come with more mayhem than in Altschul’s second novel (after Lady Lazarus), but perhaps extreme times call for extreme measures, especially when reality television is on…
Cagle’s Appeal
Rumpus cartoonist Susie Cagle has a new weekly editorial cartoon at the SF Appeal. Her first comic ran today, check it out.
Jezebel ♥s Rumpus Women
Jezebel calls The Rumpus a “wonderful website” and says Rumpus Women, Vol. I is on their Christmas list! Thanks Jezebel!
CUP and DFW
Columbia University Press brings you “The Philosophy of David Foster Wallace: Context and Conversation,” which includes excerpts and interviews pertaining to DFW’s undergraduate philosophy thesis, which will soon be released…
Internet Facelifts
The New York Times takes a look at Nick Denton’s decision to redesign the sites of Gawker Media. A video highlighting the changes (and some very bad music) can be…