Recommended Reading
Electric Literature is launching Recommended Reading, a free digital magazine that publishes one original story every week, “each chosen by a great author or editor.” The first issue, to be…
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Lisa Dusenbery
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Lisa Dusenbery is the former managing editor of The Rumpus.
Away From Language
BOMB interviews artist Jimmie Durham. Topics of discussion included sinister architecture, art as a “fake category,” Durham’s days in the American Indian Movement, and the” intellectual delight” of being against…
Amazon Scrutiny
The Seattle Times takes an in-depth look at (Seattle born) Amazon’s corporate practices. The series addresses four topics: community engagement, approach to publishing, tax breaks, and a “hyper-efficient warehouse culture.”…
Rejection Practice
“The Rejection Generator rejects writers before an editor looks at a submission. Inspired by psychological research showing that after people experience pain they are less afraid of it in the…
Fires of Our Own Choosing
The Millions interviews Eugene Cross about the role of violence in his writing, being pulled away from home, running a creative writing workshop for refugees, and his debut story collection,…
Just Friends
In recent months, we’ve had a couple top-notch essays about both the power and addictiveness of friendship. This weekend, at The New York Times,William Deresiewicz took up the topic, focusing…
Family Traditions
Rumpus artist extraordinaire Jason Novak brings The Bay Citizen an illustrated story of taking his young daughter to the Hunky Jesus Contest, a San Francisco Easter tradition Novak used to…
Tumbling Tips
Galleycat consults Rachel Fershleiser of Tumblr literary outreach to bring us advice on how authors should use the blogging platform/social network. Fershleiser has the scoop on following, tagging, reblogging, and…
Emotional Lawmaking
“So when it’s time to pass pro-gun laws, emotionalism over a single incident is the order of the day. But when those laws go awry, we need to put on…
Public Sex, Private Lives Kickstarter
The upcoming documentary Public Sex, Private Lives has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for post-production costs. To learn more about the film, and contribute to its completion, click here.…
Harnessed to Flesh
At Tablet, Adam Kirsch explores the recently released second volume of Susan Sontag’s journal entries, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh, which Kirsch argues “contain a human drama more fascinating…
Hope for Kepler’s Books
In recent years, online retailers and e-books have taken their tole on Kepler’s Books, a Menlo Park bookstore founded in 1955 by antiwar activist Roy Kepler. Current owner Clark Kepler…