Ames Gets A.V.-ed
“No, I’m not very productive at all. I’m probably like an animal. I mean, great animals in the ocean feed all the time. I’m someone who procrastinates, worries, for most…
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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.
Directing Howl
“While poets often lead interesting lives, those lives don’t necessarily create drama.” Rumpus friend and poet D.A. Powell in conversation with Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, directors of the upcoming…
Otto’s Favorites’ Favorites
Rumpus contributor M. Rebekah Otto discusses reading her “favorite authors’ favorite authors” over at The Millions.
Jill Johnston
Jill Johnston, author of Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution and “longtime cultural critic for The Village Voice,” passed away on Saturday at the age of 81. (via TheBookBench)
Have You Read “Brass Monkey” Yet?
“So thoughtful a melting of a winter’s memory – I loved this.” “This is definitely required reading for anyone wondering if they want to be a writer when they grow…
“1. Man’s Name, 2. Bad Job”
Need help writing a short story filled with alcohol and grief? Let us kindly suggest Raymond Carver Mad Libs. (via The Millions)
It’s Official
Zadie Smith will take over Harper’s New Books column “beginning with the March 2011 issue.” (via Jezebel)
Greenman Gets Corked
Author Ben Greenman (read The Rumpus interview with him here) on attending the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Festival in Cork, Ireland.
What Ginsberg Wants You to Read
Be sure to check out Allen Ginsberg’s “Poetics Practicum,” which Daniel Nester scored from a friend who studied under the legendary author at Brooklyn College.
Close to “Highbrow” and “Brilliant”
Well would you look at that, the Rumpus Book Club‘s September pick, Lan Samantha Chang’s All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost, made The New York Magazine Approval Matrix.