Valuing Education
“Over all, salaries for this academic year are 1.2 percent higher than last year, the smallest increase recorded in the survey’s 50 years — and well below the 2.7 percent…
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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 April Monthly Rumpus in SF
Tonight! Click here to buy tickets! April 12th at The Makeout Room, 3225 22nd Street, 7pm. Featuring authors Mac McClelland, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Randall Mann, Susan Steinberg, and Broke-Ass Stuart!…
Only Because It’s Sunday
Seriously, we shouldn’t be linking to this. But our Sunday editor, Seth Fisher, is out of town and, well, what are the odds of Aimee Mann and Ice-T getting into…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
This week, we’ve got some pretty excellent reviews, a “Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex” interview, and an essay that must not be missed. Come check it out.
Rock and Roll
“With most of the shit that I write and put out there, it’s my hope that it gives readers the freedom to be really honest about their obsessions, to talk…
Skateboardanimation
“A ton of digital photos, a ton of real life magazines, an hour of recording music.” –Tilles Singer
Great Moments in HuffPo Headlines
Dear Huffington Post, “Today’s Great Moment in Photojournalism”? Are you kidding us? No, apparently you’re not. Click for larger image.
If a Book Falls In a Forest…
“I love the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, which is mysterious, raw, brutal and profound. But I am also haunted by the story behind the story; by the fact that…