“I had only two career options: revolutionary or comedian”
Nato Green talks with AlterNet about offending people, labor organizing, touring with Laughter Against the Machine, and more. “I plunged into comedy because that’s the way I know how to…
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Lisa Dusenbery
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Lisa Dusenbery is the former managing editor of The Rumpus.
Publishing Via Google Docs
At HTML Giant, Blake Butler reflects on Marie Calloway’s Google doc pieces: “They are surprising and create a feeling that seems like a secret private virus or a window. There…
New Poet Laureate
The Library of Congress has announced that the next poet laureate is Natasha Trethewey. She is the first Southerner to hold the title since the original laureate, Robert Penn Warren,…
“When I Get Fired”
One of our favorite Tumblrs #realtalk from your editor–the brainchild of former GOOD editor Anne Friedman–posts one final medley: When I get fired. Check out our recent interview with Friedman for…
RADAR SUPERSTAR (Tonight!)
Join RADAR Productions in celebration of their ninth birthday! Readings by Ariana Reines, Justin Torres, Ellery Washington, and Zackary Drucke. The San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium at 6pm. Tonight!
Craft and Voice
“Cheryl Strayed uses her voice to emotionally connect with her readers, to use craft towards that end and not in spite of it. Which is all just to say that…
Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
Ray Bradbury has passed away at 91. The New Yorker unlocked two Bradbury pieces, the 1947 short story “I See You Never,” and “Take Me Home,” an essay in the…
Longing for Peace
“On Sept. 11, 1948, my father, Khalilullah Nuristani, was born under the same burden of greatness. In retrospect, he must have believed that he could fulfill what had been his…
“Hello Tomorrow”
Last Friday, we were bummed to hear about the firing of a core group of GOOD’s editorial team. With the question “What’s best in life?” in mind, those editors have…
Steve Almond Reading (Tonight!)
Rumpus columnist Steve Almond will read from his collection God Bless America: Stories tonight, 7:30pm at Skylight Books in Los Angeles. Plus, there will be a performance by singer-songwriter Dan…
“Radio Story”
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize has announced its five regional winners. Granta will publish each of the winning pieces online this week. Today, they share the winning piece from India,…
Etgar Keret
“This is what makes Keret’s stories so uniquely powerful, so powerfully unique. The extreme right-nowness of the human condition in his stories is exacerbated and amplified by the Israeli backdrop,…