Novak in Poets & Writers
A Poets and Writers conversation that is one part sportswriter (Bethlehem Shoals) and one part poet (Anselm Berrigan), with an accompanying illustration by our very own Jason Novak. It’s somewhere…
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Some More on Fair Use
MobyLives has extended the discussion Andy Baio started on his project Kind of Bloop, which I wrote about for The Rumpus on Saturday. MobyLives makes a good point when talking…
Stock Poetics
Those of us who can only stomach the stock market when paired with poetry (or vice versa?) may be in need of a mash-up. We are in luck. This week…
The History of Media in New Forms
On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone is discussing the media in new forms without losing the intimacy that the radio provides listeners. Her book, The Influencing Machine traces the history of…
An Artist’s Release
Ai Weiwei, a prominent Chinese artist openly critical of the Chinese Communist Party, has been released from prison after a three-month detention. To add to his international acclaim and recognition,…
Soulful Videos for a Soulful Sound
UbuWeb’s got some sonically-stimulating films of musician Arthur Russell, directed by Phill Niblock. This one is the first of a series of two films (20-30 minutes long), a soulful visual…
An Interview with a New Medium
Australian children’s book illustrator, Shaun Tan speaks through illustration in his interview with Spiegel. He captures his first impression of Hollywood, the imagined readership of his books, the presence of…
“Some Very Brief Affairs”
“They began with so much joy, so much confidence. […] They ended with so much doubt, so much disappointment.” Before it’s off our front page forever, don’t miss this literary…
Horn! Reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: Orientation Kevin Thomas reviews the May Rumpus Book Club selection, Orientation, Rumpus-Comics style.