The Great Frustration
Seth Fried’s debut collection The Great Frustration mixes and matches his gonzo hijinx with a deft emotional darkness.
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Salvatore Pane
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Salvatore Pane is a writer based in Pittsburgh, PA. His fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Quick Fiction, Weave, We Are Champion, Corium Magazine and others. His debut graphic novel, The Black List, will see publication later this year from Arcana Comics. He blogs at www.salvatore-pane.com.
The Rumpus Interview with Mike Rosenthal
While working on an interview with the Great Gatsby video game folks, this wonderfully clever Waiting for Godot game went viral on the web.
The Rumpus Interview with Peter Smith and Charlie Hoey, the Brains Behind the Great Gatsby Game
When you think about The Great Gatsby, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Booze? Flappers? Car crashes?
Women and Criticism
The always reputable Bookslut delivers a 23 point essay about women and criticism by Alizah Salario She checks in on Black Swan, The New Yorker, Franzenfreude and even our own…
Win the Internet
The good folks at Thought Catalog–including writers like Blake Butler, Tao Lin, and Jimmy Chen among others–break down the different types of people you can find on the internet. Do…
Nanny Posthumously Declared Photography Luminary
You have to read this undeniably strange tale over on the BBC about Vivian Maier, a suddenly revered photographer who died in obscurity. Four years ago, real estate agent John…
Writers Unite to Save Harper’s Editors
Jonathan Lethem, Sam Lipsyte, George Saunders, Zadie Smith and others have all signed an open letter to Harper’s publisher John MacArthur to save the jobs of editors Ben Metcalf and…
Lavender Panthers 4 EVA
Check out this absolutely insane 1973 Time story about the Lavender Panthers, a gay vigilante group who went around San Fransisco stopping hate crimes. Led by Rev. Ray Broshears, the…
The Birth of David Foster Wallace Studies
There’s an interesting article in The Chronicle Review about the rise of David Foster Wallace studies in the wake of the author’s death. Lit scholars discuss the proliferation of the…
Zadie Smith and Nathan Englander
Check out this video of a conversation between Zadie Smith and Nathan Englander. The duo discusses David Foster Wallace, James Baldwin and more.
The Exonerated’s Struggle
Great article over on the ABA Journal about the struggle of exonerated prisoners post-release. Freed prisoners talk about the many difficulties of returning to the real world including not being…
Jesus Loves Sex Workers
It’s the question we’ve all asked ourselves at some point: what WOULD Jesus do about prostitution? Over on Salon, Tracy Clark-Flory profiles former prostitute and Hookers For Jesus rep Annie…