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  • Join the Conversation

    A fairly intense (but pleasant) discussion has broken out in the comments section of Steve Almond’s essay about editors, ambition, and dependence.

  • Because of Camp

    By Rich Ferguson.

  • Morning Coffee

    Kodak’s first digital camera. (via @caitlinroeper) Rockaway to Rockaway: This dude Matt just finished walking across the country. “How great would you feel if a real person called you every day to tell you, ‘You’re Awesome!‘?” Corporate design porn.

  • What Writers Are Saying About Mickey Hess

    Micky Hess has promised to blurb any book within 24 hours, and he is making good on that promise. Here is what writers are saying about Mickey, and the blurbs he has given them: “Thanks, I think…” – Buzz Poole

  • Why not order the paperback of The Adderall Diaries from The Rumpus?

    Update: We are now shipping paperback copies of The Adderall Diaries. You can order the paperback version of The Adderall Diaries directly from The Rumpus and we’ll send it to you as soon as it arrives. Signed. $11 domestic includes…

  • Morning Coffee

    Just another reason to love Japan: Kyoto’s Iwatayama Monkey Park. The sweetest montage video you’ll see all day. Pretty darn fantastic dirty car art. (via Flavorwire) Ok, this video is all sorts of cute too: otter plays with rock. Logo…

  • Huffington Post’s Top 15 Overrated Writers

    This is the opposite of anything that should run on The Rumpus. Apologies. – The Editors.

  • The August Monthly Rumpus: Hot Nights

    Click here to buy tickets! Less than one week away, on August 9th at The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. 7pm. Featuring authors Antonia Crane, Matthew Zapruder, Victor Martinez, and Steve Almond! National pun champion Joe Sabia! Comedy…

  • Are You an Addict?

    “But it’s not extreme anecdotes that make the specter of Internet addiction so threatening; it’s the fact that Internet overuse has the potential to scale in a way that few other addictions do. Even if Steve Jobs designed a really…

  • Annals of Advertising: The Shake Weight, For Men

    From the folks who brought you the original shake weight. More from the annals of advertising.

  • Today

    We published two pieces today that should not be missed: 1. “They live on Planet Earth. You live on Planet My Baby Died.” A powerful “DEAR SUGAR,” our Rumpus advice column. 2. Eve Goldberg’s “Lunch with Carson,” a beautiful essay…

  • Harvey Pekar Tribute #2

    View Rumpus artist Lucas Adams‘ tribute to Harvey Pekar, inspired by this comic, after the jump: