Not So Progressive
If you’ve never had to deal with the inadequacies of an insurance company, consider yourself lucky. Gawker reports on a terrible instance of auto insurance failure, in which Progressive not only…
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Rebecca Rubenstein
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Rebecca Rubenstein is the Editor-in-Chief of Midnight Breakfast. When not reading books made of paper, she can be found thinking aloud on Twitter. She resides in San Francisco and maintains a healthy relationship with the fog. Rebecca is Interviews Editor Emeritus for The Rumpus.
The Blue Velvet Project
This Friday, Filmmaker will conclude “The Blue Velvet Project,” a year-long endeavor helmed by Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes. Published three times a week, the project is an ambitious feat: for every 47 seconds of film,…
Pen & Ink Love
Storyboard has an awesome interview up featuring the masterminds behind Pen & Ink: Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald and SF-based artist and frequent Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton. In case you’re unfamiliar, Pen…
In The Not-So-Penal Colony
Today at The Morning News, Alexander Chee waxes poetic about artist colonies. Touching on MacDowell, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Civitella Ranieri, Chee explores the mystery behind the…
Weekend Essay Round-Up
This weekend’s Rumpus was a little quieter than usual, but by no means silent. If you missed them, here are three essays to get your week going: Michelle Dean pays…
Put Some Money in the Jukebox
Today Brain Pickings launches its music-meets-literature venture, Literary Jukebox. Dubbed “an experiment in cross-pollinating the arts,” Literary Jukebox is a daily project whereby editor Maria Popova handpicks a sentence from a favored work of literature,…
Your Guide to the Literary on Tumblr
Well this is awesome: The Millions just published the mother of all literary blog round-ups. Still comprised of Tumblrs, Nick Moran expands on a round-up he did six months ago, shortly after The…
Transcontinental Summer Reading
It’s no secret that The Rumpus is 100% behind kids taking an active interest in books. Which is why we’re excited by this ongoing summer series, “Transcontinental Summer Reading,” curated by The…
Throwing Stones at the Moon
Earlier this week, McSweeney’s published an excerpt from the next installment in its Voice of Witness book series. In case you’re unfamiliar, Voice of Witness—which also functions as a nonprofit—produces…
Weekend Essay Round-Up
We published so much good content this weekend, we hope you didn’t miss it. But just in case: Amber Sparks considers how religion can fuel one’s writing—even when the writer is…
Peripherally Olympic
Full of history and intrigue, here’s some suggested peripheral reading to accompany the beloved games: Over at The New Inquiry, native Londoner Laurie Penny agrees to ride the Underground for a…
Weekend Essay Roundup
Just in case you were too busy watching the first rounds of the Olympic games this weekend (and we don’t blame you—that shit is awesome), here are some Rumpus highlights…