Isaac Fitzgerald

“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 translated many of Haruki Murakami’s works and is currently translating…

“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 useless to me as a writer.” Author Bill Morris on…

“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 ideas behind McSweeneys.net, books as objects, and apps.

“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 beloved writer must have had “a very good editor.” (via…

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. Enjoy. (via TheMillions)

Poets & Writers profiles one of our favorite New York City bookstores, McNally Jackson Books.

Adam Levin, author of this month’s Rumpus Book Club pick The Instructions, shares his thoughts about eReaders:

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 as soon as possible. Just kidding.

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, and credits Elliott and the good folks at Electric Literature…