Respectful
“Doerr is daring, yes, and compassionate, but more than anything, the four stories and two novellas in this collection are imbued with, and fueled by, a deep, almost anachronistic-seeming respect…
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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.
Hot Nights
Tickets are available for the next Monthly Rumpus and, given the all-star lineup, we highly recommend you buy ’em now:
“The error certainly won’t be repeated.”
So says Paris Review editor Lorin Stein in a post on the “Conditional Boycott of The Paris Review” Facebook page. Stein also says that he will be writing each poet…
What’s In an Ending?
“Picasso said that a great work of art comes together ‘just barely.’ I’ve always loved this quote, because it implies that a work of art is a whole thing, as…
Writing for the Long Haul
“You cannot continue to write well if you believe that money is the measure of a person’s worth. You cannot continue to write well if you believe that critical consensus…
Fake Missed Connections, Real Responses
Are you reading Ships that pass yet? “A collection of fake, imagined, and literary missed connections posted to Craigslist and then re-posted here with real and actual responses to fake,…
Starlee Kine’s Thing
“I love collaboration, if it’s with somebody who I trust. If it’s with someone I don’t trust I hate it.” Jewcy talks with Starlee Kine (and her dog, Oh Papa)…
Tao’s Tuesday Trespass
Tao Lin, author of Shoplifting From American Apparel and Richard Yates (the Rumpus Book Club’s August pick), has posted “an account of being arrested for ‘trespassing’ NYU’s Bookstore.”
Termite Parade in NYTBR
“These people are marginalized and angry, but for good reasons, and Mohr captures them with haunting acuity.” Rumpus contributor Joshua Mohr‘s latest novel Termite Parade gets some NYTBR love.
Review Weekend
“What critical pieces have you read of late that enlarge the conversation about literature, about art, about us?” This weekend we’re discussing reviews thanks to Steve Almond’s fantastic essay, “Going…
From Early Groening to Gary Panter
“In the early 1980s, comics were as much a part of Los Angeles alternative culture scene as independent film and punk rock.” Comics historian Ben Schwartz takes us back to…