The Cult and Tao Lin
“I don’t think I ever unsarcastically ‘force myself’ to do something, in that I try not to think in terms of ‘have to.’ For example I try not to say…
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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.
“The Lottery”
“Nearly a generation before The Feminine Mystique, Jackson’s stories explore the claustrophobia that often accompanies marriage and motherhood, and the desperation to which it might drive a woman.” Ruth Franklin…
Don’t Forget
Don’t forget to sign up for The Rumpus Book Club: One Rumpus, One Book, launched today and featuring Citrus County by John Brandon, forthcoming from McSweeney’s. Many readers have already…
“I THINK I WANT TO EAT YOUR SMILE TONIGHT”
“Daniel Bailey is a genius. Daniel Bailey’s poems may or may not be genius and that is precisely the reason why Daniel Bailey is, in fact, a genius.” Joseph Goosey…
The Harvard Grifter
Adam Wheeler is a 23 year-old Harvard Senior “who was indicted Monday for falsifying information in his applications to Harvard and for several scholarships.” Wheeler has pleaded not guilty to…
“Sharp, Perfectly Rendered Pieces”
“Emma Straub’s Fly-Over State is a lovely little slip of a book, small in scale—it weighs in at 77 pages—but not in depth.” Emily St. John Mandel reviews Fly-Over State.