The Underdog Botanist
This, then, is the story of how one of Britain’s most promising, skilled explorers struggled to find a place in Victorian science, unable to shake his love for the underdogs…
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P.E. Garcia
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P.E. Garcia is an Editor-at-Large for the Rumpus and a contributor to HTMLGiant. They currently live in Philadelphia, where they were recently accidentally elected to be Judge of Elections. Find them on Twitter: @AvantGarcia.
The Fiction of Work
Most work is not fulfilling, and by the time we finally realize it all the friends we’d like to turn to for support have been scattered across the globe in…
Wow, Such Meme, Much Apocalypse
It’s good fun to imagine a meme taking down humanity. NPR reviews James Tynion IV’s new graphic novel Memetic, a tale of an apocalypse that kicks off with a seemingly innocuous…
What Separates Us From the Dolphins?
Can dolphin sonar penetrate the steel hull of a boat—and pinpoint a stilled heart? Can dolphins empathize with human bereavement? Is dolphin society organized enough to permit the formation of…
Why They Chose the Cricket Risotto
Halfway through her essay “Mēl,” Amy Wright sits down to a freshly prepared bowl of cricket risotto. The Kenyon Review discusses what led them to publish Amy Wright’s latest essay.
Growing Up in the American Dream
Ploughshares talks to Jennine Capó Crucet about her new novel, Make Your Home Among Strangers, and what it was like growing up with parents who bought into the American Dream: I mean,…
Life Into Art: Memoirs Adapted for Television and Film
On Saturday, October 17th, join Rumpus founding editor Stephen Elliott, along with Susan Orlean, Jerry Stahl, and Evan Wright, for a panel discussion hosted by Derrick C. Brown about what it’s like to…
A List of Literary Teachers
Just in time for back-to-school season, Ploughshares has this list of some of the most memorable teachers in literature.
The First Urban Apocalypse
This is the way the world ends: not with a bang but a bronchial spasm. For the Public Domain Review, Brett Beasley examines Delisle Hay’s The Doom of the Great…
The Artist Who Was a Reader
“I’m basically a reader. That’s just what I do,” he said. For The Believer, Matthew Erickson remembers the artist Robert Seydel.
It’s Not Just Gourd Season
Yes, it’s gourd season—but for those of us who teach, it’s also syllabus season and course-packet season. At the Kenyon Review, Cody Walker talks about going back to school and…
Finding Wyoming in Paris
I was living in Paris, and for some reason I started writing ranch stories. It makes perfect sense. NPR interviews Percival Everett about his new collection Half an Inch of…