Being Your Own Publisher
We all know that self-publishing is no longer limited to vanity projects thanks to new technologies, but this article gives an excellent lay of the land for those of you…
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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.
Annals of Advertising: 低燃費少女ハイジ
We’re pretty sure the blond girl is supposed to be Heidi, Girl of the Alps… not that knowing that clears anything up. More from the annals of advertising.
Birds Caught in the Oil
“AP Photographer Charlie Riedel filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana’s East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts…
Annals of Advertising: “A Man’s Land” (But Also Cartoon Bears)
Those were the days, back when you could use cartoon bears to sell beer. More from the annals of advertising.
Rumpus Original Art By Ian Huebert
Today’s hilarious send-up of teaching in the modern age by Daniel Stolar, “RE: Online Course Evaluations,” features art by Rumpus contributor Ian Huebert. Be sure not to miss Ian’s fantastic comic,…
Disconnect
“Among the thronged walking paths, mobbed booths, and snaking lines for book signings at this year’s Book Expo America, it was hard to reconcile the show’s booming attendance with the…
“Liu Xiaobo committed no crime.”
“On Christmas Day last year, Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his part in creating Charter 08, a document calling for greater freedoms and…
The (Money) Passage
“I think literary is shorthand for appreciated, and commercial is shorthand for sells.” Justin Cronin‘s latest book, The Passage, is “vastly different from his previous work, which reflects his literary…
A Functional Freak
“3. If you’re not sure you could love your children, please don’t have them, because they might grow up and kill us.” Flavorwire has posted John Waters’ “10 best pieces…
Citrus County – Shipped
The Rumpus Book Club selection, Citrus County, began shipping yesterday. We’re going to ship another batch on Friday morning so there’s still time to sign up and receive the first…
“Where the hell are my books?”
“My father’s lifelong relationship with books mirrored Hugh Hefner’s relationship with bimbos; day and night, he always had to have several within reach. He slept with a pile of them…