Columns
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Morning Coffee
Picturing the men of Black Mountain College. Tangentially related: it is weird to see pictures of the Great Depression in color. Monkey comfort is the most comforting kind of comfort. The living garden of knowledge.
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Sexual Assault and the Military: An Interview with Staff Sergeant Lisa Rose
Reports of sexual abuse in the military are now higher than that of the civilian population. An annual report released in 2009 by the Department of Defense showed an 11 percent increase in sexual assault cases among service members over…
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In Support of Publishing Genius
Publishing Genius rocks. Helmed by poet Adam Robinson, small press PG has put out some great titles over the years including Light Boxes and A Jello Horse among others. Now, on HTMLGIANT, Robinson reflects on pumping 20K of cash flow…
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First Utterances: On Rick Moody’s The Four Fingers of Death
Oh, man has invented his doom First step was touching the moon – Bob Dylan, “License to Kill”
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A Brief History of Authors and Time (the magazine not a non-spatial continuum)
Time recently caused a lot of news in the blogosphere for slapping Jonathan Franzen on their cover (the first author to do so in a decade) and declaring him the “great American novelist.” Craig Fehrman and the Millions provide great…
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Flexible Authors
Yoga dudes Neal Pollack (today’s Rumpus interviewee) and Mark Morford will be in conversation at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco this Thursday. Litquake, who is hosting the event, promises an evening that includes “witty onstage banter, book sales,…
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A Week Without Technology
Five neuroscientists from Washington University in St. Louis spent a week in late May rafting, camping, and hiking in a remote area of southern Europe. Their goal was to understand how a nature retreat would change their behavior. How do…
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Advice From Bolaño
“With every day that passes, I am more convinced that the act of writing is a conscious act of humility.” Diego Trelles Paz shares a “brief epistolary electronic exchange” he had with Roberto Bolaño in 2003. (via The Millions) Update:…
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Trying to Quiet Revolutionary Voices
Well this isn’t good: two libraries in New Jersey (both under the same county director) have pulled a gay themed short story collection written by queer youth, Revolutionary Voices, from their shelves. Learn what the ACLU says about it here.…