Translating Murakami
“Q: What is Murakami like in person? “A: Quiet, funny, modest, a lot like the ‘Boku,’ or ‘me,’ narrator in the early works.” An interview with Jay Rubin, who has…
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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.
eRejection
“Three decades ago I received typewritten rejection letters that were thoughtful, insightful, sometimes even beneficial. The electronic burps I’m getting today are, for the most part, shallow, cursory and absolutely…
“Quotes by Eli Horowitz”
“So far, for writers and publishers, the notion of an ebook is something that you sort of surrender to.” A few quotes from editor Eli Horowitz about crowdsourcing, the design…
Rumpus Comics
You are keeping up with The Rumpus Comics section, right? We currently have nine (nine!) featured strips as well as our ongoing Spotlight Series. Find them all here.
Did Austen Have an Editor?
“Can’t remember the ‘i before e’ rule? Don’t worry, neither could Jane Austen.” After studying “more than 1,000 original handwritten pages” of Austen’s work, Oxford professor Kathryn Sutherland believes the…
Hope You Don’t Have Anything to Do for Awhile
The Paris Review has posted its entire collection of interviews online. All of them. What does it cost to gain access to such an amazing archive? Why $0.00 of course.…
McNally in the Spotlight
Poets & Writers profiles one of our favorite New York City bookstores, McNally Jackson Books.
Adam (Expletive) Levin
Adam Levin, author of this month’s Rumpus Book Club pick The Instructions, shares his thoughts about eReaders:
Amazon Dodges More Taxes
Texas has issued an assessment claiming that Amazon owes the state “$269 million for uncollected sales tax.” Amazon has issued an apology and plans on cutting the state a check…
Blurring Books and Apps
As many Rumpus readers know, founding editor Stephen Elliott has created an app for his most recent book, The Adderall Diaries. The New York Times has picked up the story,…
Causing a Rumpus
Founding editor Stephen Elliott has a great interview up over at TruthDig in which he talks about activism, sex, this very website, and “The Art of the Overshare.”