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Why Clowns Freak Us Out So Bad
If you find clowns more sinister than hilarious, you’re in good company. Clowning has long been associated with a frisson of tragedy or fear, since way before It or John Wayne Gacy. Smithsonian has an intriguing history of the art of…
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A Reader’s Guide to YA Novels
Upworthy has an exhaustive (but not at all exhausting) list of young-adult books besides the Harry Potter series for the teenager in your life (or you—no judgment!). Historical fiction (The Book Thief, Island of the Blue Dolphins), utopian/dystopian fiction (The Giver, The House…
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The Card Catalog Is Mightier than the Sword
Rumpus readers already know librarians are heroes, but it’s nice to see other people get it too. Here’s io9’s list of 20 heroic librarians who save the world in books, comics, TV, and film. From Rachel Weisz’s Evie Carnahan in…
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Previous Letter for Kids: Elisabeth Dahl
Due to a printing error, the Letter for Kids that went out last week was not from Carolyn Cohagan, as we previously said. The Carolyn Cohagan letter will go out next time, but meanwhile, please enjoy a Letter for Kids…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #193
MY BREAKFAST WAFFLE ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my breakfast waffle.
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Notable New York: 08/05-08/11
MONDAY 08.05 Akashic Books takes over Books Beneath the Bridge for a night of noir from the 5 boroughs. On top of a chance to win their 5-Borough Noir Set there will be readings from Colson Whitehead, Kevin Baker, Binnie…
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The Rumpus Interview with Thao Nguyen
“I wanted to try to be a real live person, rather than just singing songs about them,” singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen said about the turn her life took after releasing Know Better Learn Faster, her second album with backing band The…
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We Love You Back, Flavorwire!
We’re psyched to see we made it onto Flavorwire’s list of 25 Best Websites for Literature Lovers, especially because we were labeled “the best of the West”! Labels are always better when they rhyme. Congrats to all the other folks…
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Peter Orner + Isaac Fitzgerald = Awesome Reading
Bay Area folks: Rumpus columnist Peter Orner will talk with Rumpus co-owner/former managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald about his upcoming collection of short stories, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge. It sounds like a Rumpus event, but it’s actually a Litquake event, and it’s happening…
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Nick Cave Monday #47: “More News From Nowhere”
Have you ever approached an attractive girl and said something clever but it turns out to be totally obvious? Yeah, me neither.
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
For the love of God, hoist yourself out of that pit of self-loathing and read the Weekend Roundup: In Yumi Sakugawa’s Saturday comic, a man discovers tiny trees growing on his right arm—only to realize that their refusal to obey…
